(graphic) photos taken by soldiers in Iraq (1 Viewer)

[justsomeguy]

FacesOfWar.org

"Three years have passed since the inception of the war in Iraq. Thousands of our brave men and women have lost their lives; tens of thousands of civilians have died, and there is still no end in sight . . . What is needed now is honest discussion about the war, its realities, and how we can stabilize the region enough to bring our troops back alive and safe to their families and friends . . . One of the largest obstacles we face in these discussions is people's detachment from the actual events that are occurring. The media, whither it be liberal or conservative, only paints a very limited picture of what is actually going on. This is quite unfortunate as the less people know, the less they feel obligated to engage the issue. In an attempt towards rectifying this informational blackout we are hosting a gallery of images from the war. A majority of these pictures were taken by the troops themselves. These are the atrocities they experience every day. This is what war truly looks like.

War photographs have had a long and powerful history of influencing the struggles they depict. Few can forget the images that came out of My Lai or the use of napalm in the Vietnam war. Likewise, Alexander Gardner captured images which had dramatic impact on people's understanding of the civil war. Now it is time for our generation to see these images, a job made much more difficult with the media's new practice of embedded reporting. Please help to spread the word.

Sincerely,
Paolo Unger Dvorchik"

FacesOfWar.org

 

[cnredd]

1) The gallery also has pictures from Afghanistan...which you negated for partisan reasons...The site is just against all war whether legitimate or not...a fundamental flaw...

2) Any pics of what it was like before we were in Iraq?...With as many as 10 times the number of Iraqis killed when Saddam was in power, you'd think they'd show what happens when war doesn't come soon enough...:shrug:

 

[justsomeguy]

1) The gallery also has pictures from Afghanistan...which you negated for partisan reasons...The site is just against all war whether legitimate or not...a fundamental flaw...

2) Any pics of what it was like before we were in Iraq?...With as many as 10 times the number of Iraqis killed when Saddam was in power, you'd think they'd show what happens when war doesn't come soon enough...:shrug:

1) That specific Image gallery is named "Photos from Iraq and Afghanistan" . . . so i'm not exactly sure what you mean by that.

2) Thankyou for your input. That is a valid suggestion, and I'll try to impliment (or atleast link to resources) it in the next update.

 

[cherokee]

How retarded can this be?

The site posts a bunch of dead people with no idea of who, what and why they were killed if they were indeed killed by Us troops, If indeed they were killed in combat. You leave it for people to asume the worst.....:roll:

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

... if they were indeed killed by Us troops, If indeed they were killed in combat. You leave it for people to asume the worst... :roll:

How is those people having been killed by US troops "the worst"?

We didn't ship them over there to play pattycake.

This site is obviously intended as some kind of anti-war propaganda, as if the sheer ugliness of the battle dead will make some profound point about the wrongness of warfare. It's no different from the pictures of dismembered fetuses used by anti-abortion advocates; it's cheap emotional filler for when logical arguments have run their course.

I think these pictures do serve some purpose, however. Everyone who supported either of these wars-- as I supported our efforts in Afghanistan, and as I supported our efforts in Iraq once we were committed-- should take a good, hard look at them. They should really study them.

These pictures show us the price of war. We need to understand that each and every time we commit our military forces to action-- whether a declared war, a "police action", or even a peacekeeping mission-- we are creating a thousand more pictures just like these. These pictures destroy our illusions.

If we're going to support a war, we need to be damned certain that what we're fighting for is going to be worth having to look at those faces.

 

[Captain America]

Some people prefer not to know. It makes things much easier on them. Myself, I think all sides of war should be shown. Good and bad. Problem is, I'm having a hard time finding anything good about it to post.:shock:

 

[MSgt]

How is those people having been killed by US troops "the worst"?

We didn't ship them over there to play pattycake.

This site is obviously intended as some kind of anti-war propaganda, as if the sheer ugliness of the battle dead will make some profound point about the wrongness of warfare. It's no different from the pictures of dismembered fetuses used by anti-abortion advocates; it's cheap emotional filler for when logical arguments have run their course.

I think these pictures do serve some purpose, however. Everyone who supported either of these wars-- as I supported our efforts in Afghanistan, and as I supported our efforts in Iraq once we were committed-- should take a good, hard look at them. They should really study them.

These pictures show us the price of war. We need to understand that each and every time we commit our military forces to action-- whether a declared war, a "police action", or even a peacekeeping mission-- we are creating a thousand more pictures just like these. These pictures destroy our illusions.

If we're going to support a war, we need to be damned certain that what we're fighting for is going to be worth having to look at those faces.

Damn straight.

Of course, I just like to say, "Some people just need killin'.":shrug:

 

[cherokee]

maybe I wasnt clear about the worst...

how's this As billo would say "Evil American atrocities."

I agree its anti-war propaganda which is why I said,

The site posts a bunch of dead people with no idea of who, what and why they were killed if they were indeed killed by Us troops, If indeed they were killed in combat

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

Problem is, I'm having a hard time finding anything good about it to post.

War's a terrible thing. But sometimes, it destroys things that are even worse.

Damn straight.

Of course, I just like to say, "Some people just need killin'."

Yep. It's just a matter of whether or not they need killin' enough to justify everyone else-- ours and theirs alike-- that's going to get killed in the process. Seems like too many people just don't think about that.

 

[MCS117]

It's war, casualties happens. I would like to see a war where there's not casualties. (Cold War doesn't count for some people)

Name one war and I'll change my points of views.