7th September 2009

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the harsh realities of war

jayparkinsonmd:

conscientious:

“It is a graphic image of the harsh realities of war: the fatally wounded young marine lying crumpled in the mud, his vulnerable face turned to the camera. And it is one the US defence secretary would rather you did not see.” - story

I honestly don’t get all the noise over this image. I feel like I saw far more graphic or harsh representations of war as a kid, looking at Life magazine pictures of the Vietnam war.

Not to take away from the tragedy of this man’s life ending, but I just don’t get why anyone would be acting like we haven’t seen anything like this yet.

Reblogged from Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC
  1. jeffcagle reblogged this from tanya77 and added:
    We haven’t really seen much like this from the current wars. The military keeps a tight lid on images depicting U.S....
  2. jvanfleterenurl reblogged this from conscientious and added:
    Things like this make me feel so many things I can never put into words, and so many things that I can but wont. I knew...
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  4. tanya77 reblogged this from jayparkinsonmd and added:
    I honestly don’t get all the noise over this image. I feel like I saw far more graphic or harsh representations of war...
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