War on Iraq Photomozaic

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They are the faces of those that died in the US war on Iraq. Pretty meaningful if you ask me. Interesting, in the least.
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Not wanting to detract from the tragedy of the loss of these young lives for one moment, but I must pick you up on the use of the phrase 'War on Terrorism' when you were actually referring to the 'War on Iraq' - these are two quite distinct things.
 
Originally posted by vat_man
Not wanting to detract from the tragedy of the loss of these young lives for one moment, but I must pick you up on the use of the phrase 'War on Terrorism' when you were actually referring to the 'War on Iraq' - these are two quite distinct things.
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You are correct. I fixed it. Thanks.
 
Haha, Michael Moore? What a joke. This should be moved to the opinion forum.
 
Originally posted by Viper Zero
Haha, Michael Moore? What a joke. This should be moved to the opinion forum.
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Apart from you, who mentioned Michael Moore?
 
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_media/images/special/the_war_president_hires.jpg
 
I'm not making a comment on the war, positive/negative, other than the fact that it is unfortunate that these lives were lost. It is possible that this was necessary, in order to save others. But thats not a discussion that I wanted to start, nor one that I have an opinion in. Thats why I put it here.

EDIT: and viper zero, I got it form a link dump site, and posted without looking at the host. Would it make you feel better if I hosted the image somwhere elese?
 
Interesting mosaic. But I think it needs an update now, doesn't it?
YAH GO USA!
 
I'm sure you ment well, Skip, but the picture alone sparks a political debate.
 
Originally posted by Seito4Counter
IBut I think it needs an update now, doesn't it?
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A sad fact of the current war.
 
Yes, yes it is. Hopefully some reason will be found for it so all of these people don't die in vain. God, its so absurd.
 
Originally posted by Seito4Counter
Interesting mosaic. But I think it needs an update now, doesn't it?
YAH GO USA!
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Am I missing something? You're saying "GO USA" when we're talking about the lives of people that have died. Get some respect for god's sake.

Too bad you can't edit my post.
 
How many soldiers died under Clinton? I figure it's a lot less, but why wont this jackass put that up for us.
 
i think this is in bad taste....the faces of the soldiers are used to make the man that sent these soldiers to thier death in a foreign land...
 
The bad part of this, is you can tell the images of hte soldiers have been edited. SOme are a bit to washed out, and others are darkened in.

Michael Moore, yet again, tries to alter reality to suit his needs. If you believe the words he spews forth regarding this, go check out http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/

AO
 
There are 1470 people in that picture. What is the current death count? Surely it is not a nice number like that which end in 0. And is it that high already? If so...all the more reason to pull them out.
 
Ok, I did a lil bit of google research and have come to the conclusion that half that mosiac shouldnt be there. According to http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx the US has only lost 640 people. Granted, this could be a lil off, but unless the same people who reported the WMD being there are reporting the death count, Michael Moore is a liar.
 
Originally posted by Der Alta
Michael Moore, yet again, tries to alter reality to suit his needs. If you believe the words he spews forth regarding this, go check out http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/

AO
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That site has some good points, but reaching a little far with a lot of them. While reading thourgh that site, more specifically, the bank/gun buying scene,I was reminded of when I bought a shotgun for the hell of it. Simple to do, pay cash wait 20 minutes for the background check, it's yours, shells too. Again they are reaching, but whatever. They only kill.
 
Originally posted by Jim X
That site has some good points, but reaching a little far with a lot of them. While reading thourgh that site, more specifically, the bank/gun buying scene,I was reminded of when I bought a shotgun for the hell of it. Simple to do, pay cash wait 20 minutes for the background check, it's yours, shells too. Again they are reaching, but whatever. They only kill.
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You know what? You can buy a car in less than 20 minutes without any background check whatsoever. Nothing stopping you from driving it over somebody, either. Should cars be a controlled substance? Whatever, they only kill. Way more people than guns do, that's for certain.

While I'm sure none of the people in that picture wanted to die, the irony of the image is meaningless unless you asked each and every one of them if they were willing to die in the service of their country and its principles. My guess, based on knowing a number of military veterans and active members, is that at least 1468 out of those 1470 people would say they were. That kind of renders Michael Moore's blather meaningless.
 
Based on what I've noticed, what strikes me about the soldiers is they're simple but refreshing outlook on the morality of the war. It's not a matter of being right or wrong in policy for them, it's the pain they saw caused by Saddam; the US, UN, etc., support for sanctions; and the simple assurance that toppling Saddam, the biggest obstacle to the Iraqi's freedom, was the right thing. They don't find fault in policies from 20 years ago that supposedly led to the war in some way, as if that invalidates them at the time of their inaction. They don't engage in past dwelling for the purpose of ttacking others. They don't concern themselves with every conspiracy in the book. And they don't put themselves on a moral winners' podium from which they imply they are the most humanistic, or whatever, people on the planet. No. They do a job and state a simple moral view upon the here and now.

Also, since this may have been brought up, or may be, though I may have addressed this before, I'll do it again. Freedom in the context of Iraq refers to the liberation from a corrupt regime, and the reinstatement of rights, with new acknowledgements of others. Being under intentional and illegal threat of death by any entity besides the IGC and CPA cannot be claimed to be a loss of freedom when the context is obviously that of governance. Freedom is generally the state of being free from oppressive government policies, not freedom from all harm.
 
Originally posted by neon_duke


While I'm sure none of the people in that picture wanted to die, the irony of the image is meaningless unless you asked each and every one of them if they were willing to die in the service of their country and its principles. My guess, based on knowing a number of military veterans and active members, is that at least 1468 out of those 1470 people would say they were. That kind of renders Michael Moore's blather meaningless.
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But that is the liberal angle: freedom of choice... as long as you choose what they like.
 
Originally posted by neon_duke
You know what? You can buy a car in less than 20 minutes without any background check whatsoever. Nothing stopping you from driving it over somebody, either. Should cars be a controlled substance? Whatever, they only kill. Way more people than guns do, that's for certain.

While I'm sure none of the people in that picture wanted to die, the irony of the image is meaningless unless you asked each and every one of them if they were willing to die in the service of their country and its principles. My guess, based on knowing a number of military veterans and active members, is that at least 1468 out of those 1470 people would say they were. That kind of renders Michael Moore's blather meaningless.
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Does the Iraqi War follow american principles?
 
What. A war? Your answering questions with questions. Not cool.
 
And he answered with a command. I meant a preemptive attack on a sovereign nation.

Grow Up.
 
You see, the thing is that that is not what the actual pictures form when in that formation. Any digital artsy person who has used photoshop in the past can see that. Heck, I could probably render those pictures to be a picture of a Ferrari if I wanted (no offense, but I probably could; and I'm not all that good). Anyway, just because it hasn't happened before doesn't mean it suddenly violates principal...
 

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