digg

Join DiggAbout

Trust [PIC]

bp2.blogger.com — *****

Bury
show profanity settings
expand all
  • bringmeupmusic, on 07/02/2008, -138/+217This is such a heart warming photo, it brought tears to my eyes.
    • ChuckIT, on 07/03/2008, -60/+13pics or it didn't happen.
    • Duggan360, on 07/03/2008, -36/+176You bi-polar or something ?
      • baldick, on 07/03/2008, -78/+11you a dick or something?
      • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/03/2008, -6/+89Says the guy with dick in his name...

        and mouth.
      • Hoofenhoffer, on 07/03/2008, -5/+7thats horrible lol
      • Duggan360, on 07/03/2008, -7/+19Ohhh dick got pwned
      • music180, on 07/03/2008, -16/+10That's reDICKulous. Who made you the DICKtator?!
      • MacSuxWindozSux, on 07/03/2008, -9/+3Bury that *****!
      • ajv570, on 07/03/2008, -4/+14Bury that DICK in an *****
      • Light11, on 07/04/2008, -3/+7these comments suck DICK.
      • ryleyleckie, on 07/04/2008, -2/+2...DICK
      • Rammy912, on 07/04/2008, -3/+1No one better screen-shot this thread and submit it as "This is why I love Digg"...

        oh yea... DICK!
      • shnurok89, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2i bet you were really hopin they would
      • bringmeupmusic, 6 hr 3 min ago, -0/+2When does feeling compassion for other human beings make me bi-polar?
    • pelayostyle, on 07/03/2008, -53/+15fagggg
      • djholybolt, on 07/03/2008, -12/+5Double Fagg!
        I saw that picture and thought 'boy, isn't it a damn good thing that kid doesn't have a bomb strapped to him'
      • cplusplus, on 07/03/2008, -2/+3bringmeupmusic could be a girl
      • GliTCH82, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Or emo.
    • Hoogs, on 07/03/2008, -10/+85No it didn't.
    • sidewinderaim9x, on 07/03/2008, -27/+8That's because he hasn't shot the kid yet.
      • Aieces, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1hahaha Thats just what I was thinking.
      • hiimcliff, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2Exactly. Lets not pretend civilians, women and children don't die at the had of our brave men and women in uniform. My uncle came back from his tour and had pics of charred bodies (civilians) that some of his crew had 187'd. Over a 100,000 Iraqi civilians died in this war. Not all were because of insurgency. Get real people.
    • damonic, on 07/03/2008, -19/+12In other news, a U.S. soldier in Iraq was killed when a 7 year old suicide bomber exploded.
      • Aieces, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1I hate it how being realistic gets you dugg down.
    • RuyGuy, on 07/03/2008, -20/+12Lol, 'tears.' You should see a shrink.
    • trickapro, on 07/03/2008, -15/+6thats before he hears (understands) about the 70 virgins
      • Rammy912, on 07/04/2008, -2/+4Calm down you ***** *****. He's a little kid.
      • trickapro, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Ye thats sort of my point you ***** wank, what takes away this innocence and will make him want to blow this soldier up?
    • staffell, on 07/03/2008, -13/+45How the hell does this portray trust? The kid trusts the soldier not to just shoot him in the face? Or is it the soldier trusts the kid not to blow him up with that pack of C4 contained under his shirt? wot
    • Akraz, on 07/03/2008, -22/+9you ***** pussy
    • stronglikedan, on 07/03/2008, -18/+4That is teh ghey.
    • Huskatta, on 07/03/2008, -23/+4What the *****?? If a soldier making a move onto a 9 year old brings tears in your eyes I feel sorry for you!!!! You must be completely retarded having wet dreams about this *****! Moreover you must be American!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *****!
      • hypertension, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3As a transgender you must know all about that, huh?


    • BunchOCoconuts, on 07/03/2008, -15/+4HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
    • saqer, on 07/04/2008, -9/+1shutup, bitch...there was nothing touching about that photo
    • themastersb, on 07/04/2008, -4/+3Unlike the video I saw earlier of some soldiers crushing a taxi cab in Iraq with their tank for kicks. The car seemed to be only 10 years old at most too...
    • farhanhafeez, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3Trust ... WTF!!!
    • pwnster, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2Sick.
  • khaose, on 07/02/2008, -17/+765I like how the bare foot child is standing on his boot to stay off the ground.
    • skaspud, on 07/03/2008, -34/+2um, that's just a form of trust. i'm sure he's used to it.
    • SitPoMk, on 07/03/2008, -35/+6You like it?
    • robbob, on 07/03/2008, -44/+182I like how the soldier made the kid turn out his pockets before approaching him
      • codx999, on 07/03/2008, -199/+5Oh so you think soldiers rob people? What is wrong with you? These people are DEFENDING our country.
      • heymike, on 07/03/2008, -16/+94codx999, If anything they do it to ensure they are carrying no bombs/weapons. Of course, perhaps the kid just happened to have his pocket turned out.

        Regardless, I had to dig you down for being ignorant.
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -39/+26"These people are DEFENDING our country."

        Idiot.
      • bluezinc, on 07/03/2008, -15/+63LOL @ codx999

        Because Saddam's invasion force was just off the coastline, right?

        It's not really defending when you initiate the attack and subsequently invade and occupy someone's country, just fyi...
      • 1gunners4, on 07/03/2008, -8/+45I mean, do you really blame the soldier for following protocal?
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -48/+15@1gunners4

        YES. That's why Nazi generals were executed.

        Following orders is not an excuse, it's also the duty of soldiers to refuse unlawful orders. In the case of Iraq, all orders are unlawful.
      • pbfreak453, on 07/03/2008, -5/+44I wouldn't be doing it so much as to follow orders, but to just keep myself safe. Turning out pockets is not even close to comparable to exterminating Jews, don't be so dramatic.
      • DuffyDirect, on 07/03/2008, -6/+19melodramatic is Achalemoipas's specialty... Just look at other comments on his user page:

        "Sure, it's not the same at all. And Israel bombs people with candy and money. And their guns shoot flowers! And they all come from the ground of Israel because God put them there."

        "Laying sanctions on a sovereign state isn't diplomacy. It's an act of war. Diplomacy means to negotiate, not to threaten and undermine. You guys did that to Iraq before invading it illegally too."

        Apparently he's something of a hot head...
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -26/+4Yeah, nothing says melodramatic like the Nuremberg trials:
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Defense

        And you are an apologist. You promote the denial of your country's war crimes and crimes against humanity because you don't have the mental fortitude to accept that you killed a million people for nothing.

        Calling murderers and war criminals heroes. You make me sick.
      • klipseracer, on 07/03/2008, -0/+12If you don't know what your talking about, please don't post. I know this sounds repetitious, but damn. Some people say stupid *****.
      • TomJohn, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2Land mines.
      • Schmich, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4I find the comment pretty funny actually. Some people need to chill.
      • DuffyDirect, on 07/03/2008, -8/+1Honestly dude, it's war. The ***** is ***** up. Deal with it? War isn't "nicer" when it has a good pretext. Attila the Hun invaded Rome on the grounds that it was his rightful "dowry" since his 153,324,543rd wife was a Roman Princess. I think I read somewhere that he destroyed Aquilleria near modern Venice so thoroughly that diplomats couldn't even approach the city because of the stench of the dead. Sounds like a pretty B.S. reason to go to war, huh? World War 2... You had some good reasons there. But I would have much rather lived through Attila the Hun's invasion of Europe than Germany and Russia's........
      • siszam, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4codx99,
        My son is Marine and even I know our troops aren't defending our country. Iraq is not a danger to us. Never was. Our troops are illegally occupying a country that did nothing to us. If anything it has created more hate toward us. Get a clue.
    • xero69, on 07/03/2008, -13/+18put shoe on head!
      • Nauru, on 07/03/2008, -12/+4That's our soldiers, protecting barefooted children from mines.
      • regression, on 07/04/2008, -0/+14chan is that way--------->

        spout your crappy meme's there.
    • GIScope, on 07/03/2008, -2/+86the poor kid has his feet burned because of the high temperature and constant sun burning the ground. Unless you've been in the desert with bare foot, you won't understand how refreshed the kid is feeling.
      • BTraina, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1have you ever had a coke before... That's refreshing.
    • Calcularius, on 07/03/2008, -11/+25I like how it shows how poor and destitute he is despite us "liberating" his country.
    • loggedout, on 07/03/2008, -16/+12Where's the kid's shadow?
      • antipoet, on 07/03/2008, -2/+21Directly beneath him.

        Or are you hoping someone will respond: "SHOPPED!!!" ?
      • tkhan456, on 07/03/2008, -17/+3Awesome eye man. Fake pic. You can see the boy has light hitting him and the way the soldier projects a shadow makes it seem like the boy should too (at least a little one).
      • tkhan456, on 07/04/2008, -7/+2Why would the soldier's shadow be off the to side and the childs be straight down? Pretty sure we only have one sun.
      • Skitals, on 07/04/2008, -0/+8You people (not antipoet) need your eyes checked. There is nothing abnormal about those shadows.
      • Rammy912, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1I think the just forgot the /sarcasm tag.
    • orangekid13, on 07/03/2008, -1/+33the floor is lava
      • khaose, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1I so wish I had more than 1 digg to give you at this point.
    • ecod3r, on 07/03/2008, -8/+1he is begging for food
    • Ryvenn, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1This is Iraq we're talking about, I'm sure it's just like hot summers in a lot of other places. The ground gets f**king hot.
  • smitas, on 07/02/2008, -22/+223Is trust only in pictures?
    • alllo, on 07/03/2008, -6/+161I believe that it depends on people...not all the US soldiers are killers and not all the Iraqis are terrorists
      • mcbunn, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1If they're not killers, what are they doing in the Army?
      • EwMo, on 07/03/2008, -14/+5A picture's worth a thousand words.
      • iticu, on 07/03/2008, -13/+69Isn't killing in the job description of being a US soldier?
        (seriously)
      • Wargalas, on 07/03/2008, -22/+25@iticu

        Tell me, do you honestly believe that US soldiers kill children? Accidents happen in war, true, but these men are fathers and they see their children in these Iraqi children as well.
      • iticu, on 07/03/2008, -6/+41I know joining the army doesn't give you a instant want to massacre puppys, but Alllo said that not all US soldiers are killers. Soldiers ARE killers.

        (if it makes you feel better, remove the US from my comment and put in some other country you dislike)
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -17/+11@Wargalas

        They kill children.
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21233421/
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6637307.stm

        War is no accident.
      • flashingcurser, on 07/03/2008, -3/+6@iticu

        That, and blowing stuff up. It is the job of all militaries.
      • Hoofenhoffer, on 07/03/2008, -14/+8@achalemoipas
        Did you even read the article that you posted in reference to US soldiers killing children???
        It states that those 9 children and 5 women were terrorists.
        And I completely believe it.

        How do you know that those children didn't talk and play with soldiers by day, but shot at them by night.
        Its just like Vietnam; soldiers would see poor farmers by day and by night those "poor farmers" would be stealthily killing soldiers and giving away their positions to the enemy.

        Just because they are children doesn't make them innocent. If you were in Iraq and befriended a child and later found out that he killed a humvee full of soldiers with an IED, what would you do?
        Would you go to that boys house and kill him or would you let it go because "he's an innocent child and he's not capable of killing"?
        And so what if they kill children? Those children were terrorists! I don't give a rat's ass if US soldiers kill terrorist children. US soldiers are protecting my freedoms, they are guaranteeing that someday those children don't learn to fly a plane and attack us.
        Yah, not all children are terrorists, but the ones in the link you posted were.
        So before you post a link trying to prove your point, read it first and become educated on the discussion.
        Thank you, have a nice day.
      • digitalpencil, on 07/03/2008, -1/+11TBF.. all soldiers are killers, regardless of the nation they defend, that's kind of their purpose. You're right in that all Iraqis aren't terrorists though, although most wouldn't consider themselves terrorists in the first place, more freedom fighters or simply soldiers themselves.
      • quaxon, on 07/03/2008, -17/+6Hoofen, youre a ***** idiot. The only terrorists in iraq are the america and coalition forces. The iraqis are simply fighting for their country. Imagine if China or russia came to liberate us of Bush and was occupying us. If your friend or son or mother helped fight them off would they be a terrorist as well?

        also ***** on US soldies fighting for you to be free. This is what idiots repeat over and over till they believe it to make themselves feel ok about all the blood shed. The troops only fight for the freedom of corporations to exploit third world people and resources. Get your head out of your ass and look at reality. The only good soldier in Iraq is a ***** dead one.
      • blanketfury, on 07/03/2008, -5/+0YOU'RE A TERRORIST!!! BLASPHEMY!!! BLASPHEMY I TELL YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        The FBI is on its way. Good day.
      • bgfinkel, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2hell, only ~1% is either
      • MrFisty, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6Only an incredibly small number of people are killers and terrorists. But an alarmingly large number of the media are sensationalists.
      • elnerdo, on 07/04/2008, -1/+5Just to make a note: Whoever said: "All soldiers are killers" is totally wrong. The point of a soldier is not to kill. The point is to have the power to kill when needed. The idea of having a standing army is that hopefully your soldiers will not NEED to kill, even though they have the power and training to.
      • TheRedSp4de, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2quaxon,

        Explain then why most insurgents in Iraq are from other nations.
    • quaxon, on 07/03/2008, -66/+9Yes, right after this photo op i have no doubt in my mind the soldier smacked the kid in the head with the but of his gun and left him there to die.
      • digitalpencil, on 07/03/2008, -1/+18what vivid and stupid imagination you have..
      • moskaudancer, on 07/03/2008, -2/+10Yes he does... everyone knows that the M4's plastic stock would just snap off if it was used to bludgeon someone. The soldier obviously used his trench shovel.
      • jthei, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4it's an Entrenching Tool, not a shovel.
      • DNABeast, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Or the indoctrinated child would active the homemade explosive device strapped to his belly.
      • opmike, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1"i have no doubt in my mind'

        Well, I'm no psychologist, but I can surmise from your post that your mind is not quite working at its fullest potential.
    • lgh0s7l, on 07/03/2008, -6/+16wow this is such a powerful photo....quaxon is a waste of a digg account
    • sodoh, on 07/03/2008, -5/+27I am wondering if there is an element of trust here. The kids pockets are turned out.

      Also what do they mean by trust? Trust that the kid isn't going to get their brains blown out? Or that the kid isn't going to put the solider in a position that a sniper can take him out?

      Sorry if people think I am cynical, but I don't see this picture heart warming at all. All it does is remind me of an illegal war where thousands of people are dead from.
    • LongShlong, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3Yes, only in pictures.
      You'll have to locate full motion videos for dog-tossing absurdity.
    • TheBiggestGnome, on 07/03/2008, -7/+8Trust is a weakness.
    • JonGalt, on 07/03/2008, -3/+2And while trust is apparently only in photos its been found that douche bags like all of you only exist on digg.
      • sodoh, on 07/04/2008, -0/+0If you have to resort to name calling then you have already lost the argument.
  • arav, on 07/02/2008, -105/+98i wonder what he is asking... "when are you going back home ?"
  • floort, on 07/02/2008, -29/+70"Can I have a candy?" -- just goes to show how children are influenced by war in so many ways.
    • blacktriangle, on 07/03/2008, -8/+21He probably begging for food.
    • havocjaw, on 07/03/2008, -5/+12I doubt he's asking for candy, with his empty stomach and bare feet.
      • RobotLeAwesome, on 07/03/2008, -2/+13he very well could be – to foreign children, soldiers = candy.
      • jaynemother, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I wouldn't want candy in Iraq, 'cause then the Don of Ghaz Main comes to your door to collect.
      • spuddly, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4of course he's not asking for candy. he probably wants a nice bowl of steamed broccoli
      • lintmonkey, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2He looks like he has to urinate.
    • overtoke, on 07/03/2008, -27/+16more like: "Why did you kill my family?"
    • Balath, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8Your comment made me think of the East Berlin candy bombers.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade#Opera ...
    • 801NvizioN, on 07/03/2008, -8/+6I can has candy?
    • onesidedsquare, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1he's probably asking for a pen, i kid you not
      he'd get his butt beat if he was looking for a soccer ball
  • WESTEE, on 07/02/2008, -42/+20a pictures worth a thousand words
  • goph, on 07/02/2008, -11/+181I couldn't even imagine what it'd be like to be a kid and go up to a military personnel from another country with a "big gun" and all that equipment..
    • Rojahon, on 07/03/2008, -5/+47Why'd you put "big gun" in quotes? It really is a big gun!
      • thcobbs, on 07/03/2008, -10/+14Not really. Its basically a glorified .243
      • douggmc, on 07/03/2008, -5/+36Actually ... it is a .223 (basically 5.56x45mm is same as .223 but loaded with slightly different pressures). And there is nothing glorified about it. But ***** get their panties in a bundle when they see a semi-auto AR-15, but have no problem with a semi-auto hunting rifle in the same caliber.
      • mountain1488, on 07/03/2008, -19/+10well thank you charlton heston for that extremely relevant information on assault rifles. ill go back to my heartwarming photo now
      • douggmc, on 07/03/2008, -12/+22@mountain1488

        ... my point exactly *****. What exactly is an assault rifle? Is it a rifle colored black? Is it a rifle with a pistol grip? Please tell me how your "assault rifle" chambered in .223 is going to kill someone "more dead" than your semi-auto hunting rifle in the same caliber?

        I'm not even in the NRA, but I can think for myself and reach logical conclusions. I don't need ignorant overly liberal media reaching for ratings by flashing the term "Assault Rifle" in big red letters and putting images of those evil black colored guns ... teaching me about my 2nd Amendment rights.
      • mountain1488, on 07/03/2008, -4/+5touche sir...well put
      • chiefbandit2200, on 07/03/2008, -5/+3I think the point is that the gun is about half the size of that kid...
      • DuffyDirect, on 07/03/2008, -3/+7as I understand it an assault rifle is a rifle that allows a soldier to be more versatile -- storming trenching, fighting machine guns etc. I think regular rifles are pretty much what you have Americans using in WW2 and Korea: bolt-action, long-range things that run out of ammo quick and don't fire automatically. The only reason current assault rifles have semi-auto modes I think is because in Vietnam they found that soldiers just wasted ammunition by pressing down on the trigger praying and spraying.
      • BestJaxx, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4Actually, it's an M4 carbine. Standard issue.
      • douggmc, on 07/03/2008, -1/+7@DuffyDirect

        From wikipedia:
        "Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the AR-15, and "automatic" rifles limited to firing single shots, even though incorrectly classified in the United States as assault rifles by the now defunct 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire. Belt-fed weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not considered assault rifles."
      • Pstall, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2@DuffyDirect

        Americans had semi-automatic rifles in WW2 and the Korean war. M1 Garand (semi-auto) 30-06 (held 8 rounds), M1 Carbine (semi-auto) .30 cal (held 15-30 rounds).
    • baldick, on 07/03/2008, -3/+5Let ask Mr. Phill E. Stein, bet he can imagine.
    • superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -8/+30Many Iraqis own AK-47's. That gun would not appear especially large.
      • chillypacman, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3"Many Iraqis own AK-47's. That gun would not appear especially large."

        None of my family owns AK-47s and they're all in Iraq -_-

        Granted as a kid I've held one of those things, damned heavy and big thing, yeah I was a toddler at the time ^_^

        It actually makes me wonder how those kids in Africa hold the guns, 8 or 9 years old and the gun is about as big as they are...
    • drmangrum, on 07/03/2008, -0/+63To him it's normal. That child is maybe 7 years old. We've been in Iraq for most of his life. Seeing US soldiers in full gear is a common sight to him.
      • bluezinc, on 07/03/2008, -9/+53That may be the most depressing thought ever.
      • DuffyDirect, on 07/03/2008, -4/+29Most depressing thought ever is that most people here have been playing Halo for 8 years while people their age are dying over there.
      • seriouspyscho, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1sad...
      • Jeremyz0r, on 07/04/2008, -3/+1@DuffyDirect: The xbox came out in 2001, not 2000. (That would be the PS2) :)
    • TheAuditor, on 07/03/2008, -5/+3Would you even want to, knowing that your country has just gone through something that has need for military intervention?
      • SimonTB, on 07/03/2008, -4/+5His country didn't need our military intervention. You fail.
      • TheAuditor, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2Really? So you would allow a murderous tyrant to run your country and be OK with that? (Yes, I appreciate the irony)
    • Myonosken, on 07/04/2008, -2/+4I dunno. At that age it;d be like "oh cool, let me hold your gun!"
  • vroom101, on 07/02/2008, -7/+282Photo description from "Talk it Out" at http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_galle ... (www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=99999999&g2_itemId=5219):

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Fred Hampton kneels on a knee to talk with a young Iraqi boy at the future site of a park in the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 20, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young.
    • Scrappy1850, on 07/03/2008, -2/+21+1 for Hampton and Young
    • liljay2k, on 07/03/2008, -34/+4West Side Talk It Out
      South Side Talk It Out
      East Side Talk It Out
      North Side Talk It Out
      • djholybolt, on 07/03/2008, -4/+10liljay2k, you have officially been tagged as a douche.
        Get that gay ***** outa here.
      • Synyk, on 07/03/2008, -4/+1EEYYYY now walk it out now walk it out now walk it out.
    • DemDude, on 07/03/2008, -5/+1Well, you could've just read the EXIF data. Same words in there.
    • drunkentoad, on 07/03/2008, -5/+5Not that I don't think this is a nice photo, but it sounds like propaganda to me.
      • hivoltage815, on 07/04/2008, -0/+9but if its a picture of a dead civilian, then its a snapshot of reality and is photojournalism.

        Why can't people accept that we have indeed done some good things for the Iraqi people. No use looking at the war in nothing but a negative light. Despite the fact that is overall is a cruddy situation, its good to look at the positive stuff every once and a while.
      • Larsonal777, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3from what I've heard from my friends in the military is this kind of thing is actually what goes on the most... and all that other stuff is really the negative propoganda... that is not to say bad stuff isn't going on but come ON its war! I wonder how screwed up the situation would have been if the media was allowed as much access and we had the internet during WWII!
      • lbdinh, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Thanks for pointing that out hivoltage. I can't believe how many people blame soldiers for the whole war in Iraq. Everybody just forgot that Congress voted for the war (Sen. Clinton was one of them), Bush couldn't do it by himself. And Congress is supposed to represent the American people so we have a lot more people to blame for it.

        I did a 15-month tour in Iraq without killing anybody so am I a killer too since all soldiers ARE killers? Contrary to popular belief, most Iraqis aren't afraid of US Troops and most of them aren't suicide bombers either. Believe it or not, they love their kids too and it's only been a few rare isolated incidents where children were used as suicide bombers.

        I've interacted with families and children on our patrols and they were in no way threatened by our presence. We even had an interpreter with us to clarify any misunderstandings. Of course if we see anything out of the ordinary, we will stop people and search them since it's standard operating procedures. That's part of being a soldier. You can be extremely nice to one person but once they pick up a weapon and aim it at you, you have to treat them like an armed combatant.

        All those mass bombings aren't decisions made by the regular soldiers. They are decisions made by a few higher up officers, usually colonel and above which in no way represent the majority of the troops as a whole.

        There are many great things the troops have done over there but most of them are not deemed newsworthy since it doesn't sell as much papers as the atrocities.

        I may be a veteran against the war but all politics and the reasons why this war was waged aside (I got a couple of theories on that myself with GREED being the main one), I was a soldier and this was my job. I didn't forget MY mission over there and that was to bring peace and democracy to the people of Iraq. I would never do anything that goes against my conscience and violate that mission.

        Quit buying into all the propaganda, both pro-war and anti-war, but instead form your our own opinion about it.
    • wignasty, on 07/04/2008, -3/+1The "future site of a park" sounds too poetic too be true. I find it just as likely that's a random dirt lot and the park is fiction.
    • jmandawg, on 07/04/2008, -2/+0If you believe that sh1t about the park, i have a bridge to sell you.
  • wulfstein, on 07/02/2008, -12/+105Only thing missing is a hug.
  • Kune171, on 07/02/2008, -22/+67Great picture.
    • TucanSam836354, on 07/03/2008, -7/+1Very good picture. I like everything about the way they shot this.
    • Greengoo, on 07/03/2008, -13/+6I CAN HAZ A CHEEZEBURGER?
    • crestfall, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5Great comment.
    • DesertDude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Great propaganda picture *

      Corrected.

      Just hope the kid knows this is the same army that raped little boys in Abu Ghraib. Not a lot of trust would remain afterwards.
  • uselessexpert, on 07/02/2008, -29/+519Is those kind of encounters that I guess make a lot of soldiers proud of what they do, and why they believe on it.
    My brother is in a sf unit, and he's shown me plenty of pictures with kids, and it really makes me proud of my brother.

    Even though he knows he puts his life on the line, moments like the ones of this picture is one of the things that must keep him going.

    My hat's off to ALL military personnel!
    • wrestlingnrj, on 07/03/2008, -14/+47God Bless your brother and all of our armed service men and women. Seeing as he's in SF I'm sure he'll make it home, but good luck none the less.
      • DuffyDirect, on 07/03/2008, -3/+15dude im pretty sure he meant special forces who are in combat more than anyone else
      • SimonTB, on 07/03/2008, -0/+9Dude I'm pretty sure he knew that, and he said it because SF are trained longer and harder.
      • effer, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1He might do another tour if he's in the Navy.
      • wrestlingnrj, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1I said I'm sure he'll make it home because being in SF means you are much more highly trained and prepared for warfare than your average soldier. Both of my grandpa's and several uncles have all been in various Special Forces Units from Green Berets to Force Recon, so I have a general idea of what it is that they are capable of.
    • blacktriangle, on 07/03/2008, -32/+12That kid is probably pleading with that GI to leave his country.
    • cplusplus, on 07/03/2008, -20/+11> My hat's off to ALL military personnel!

      Does that include the bad guys too?
      • psyjoniz, on 07/03/2008, -4/+5i'm pretty sure everyone but you got what the sentiment was about.
      • Vodd9, on 07/03/2008, -2/+10Yes, especially the puppy-throwing ones.
    • sodade, on 07/03/2008, -25/+9*****. How many Iraqi children have US soldiers directly been responsible for killing? If I were that Iraqi child and my family had been murdered by US soldiers, I'd be spitting in his face.
    • tcpik, on 07/03/2008, -5/+15I feel the same way. I have nothing but respect for the troops; I just hate our involvement in other countries business. The troops are just doing what their told. I'm sure all of them don't agree with our foreign policy, but they do their job anyway. GREAT Americans.

      • Nielsio, on 07/03/2008, -4/+11Disagreeing with what you do yet doing it anyway isn't honorable, it's horrible. It's exactly the troops who are responsible for all this (and everybody telling them how great they are).

        Take responsibility for your own actions.
      • Pstall, on 07/04/2008, -4/+3@ Nielsio

        You make me sick.
    • amosharper, on 07/03/2008, -5/+6Lions lead by donkeys.
      • xptoast, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Agreed. Obedient to the masters of distraction and control. Chained by the mind that wills its forces to obey the rules of those who wish for destruction and confusion. Chained by those who live in Platos Cave.
      • magicalhobo, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Elephants?
    • Symbolism, on 07/03/2008, -7/+7I don't hate our military.
      I hate their leadership who make incredibly bad decisions and cost them their lives.
      I hate the elected officials who are forcing them into fire for profit.

      Our servicemen and women deserve the respect for doing what they are ordered to do. Their leaders, and the elected officials who placed their lives on the line to increase their profit margins, are to blame for any wrong doing any soldier commits, and while under the line of fire, and while in duty. We have not had a leader (including bush) who would stand up for our military servicemen, not the generals or commanding officers, since the 1950's.

      War for profit, the poor die so the rich can grow fatter and extort more funds from the middle class worldwide. Its a shame that this is the truth, instead of fighting for liberty, we are fighting for further corruption, more widespread, rampant and less veiled.

      I feel sorry for this soldier, I feel sorry for the child. Neither should have to endure such harsh conditions as they were in the photo.
    • DemDude, on 07/03/2008, -3/+8Too bad all these good men and women are being led into danger for nothing but money.

      Best of luck to your brother, let's hope he makes it back and leaves that corporation immediately.
    • davidaod, on 07/03/2008, -10/+2"it really makes me proud of my brother"

      It's too bad he's in the army, 'cause that kind of negates everything.
      • seitengewehr98, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4What the ***** do you mean by that?
      • hivoltage815, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6Without the Army the United States would not be the illustrious country it is. People who decide to join the military are brave patriots, regardless of the political circumstances.
  • MattFid, on 07/02/2008, -107/+1176Obviously Photoshopped. Fox News told me Muslim children were incapable of love.
    • craigatkinson, on 07/03/2008, -43/+398And CNN told me that Soldiers were incapable of love.
      • technogenius, on 07/03/2008, -14/+85And republicans are fiscally conservative....

        oh, wait a second...
      • usingpond, on 07/03/2008, -37/+7When did they say that? Are you seriously suggesting that CNN is as far left as Fox News is right? Do you understand what you just typed?

        Especially with that Photoshopping scandal? Oh wait, cognitive dissonance is your people's thang.
      • quaxon, on 07/03/2008, -33/+7CNN is the correct one here
      • CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -4/+2I thought it was all the reports of soldiers murdering innocent people that told you they were incapable of love.

        It's not all of them. Just enough to ruin the reputations of the thousands upon thousands of great men and women in our service.
      • JoshJaros, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5If i could only digg that twice
      • tyree731, on 07/04/2008, -2/+2Using my advanced math skills, with 900 diggs for the anti-fox news statement and 300 for the anti-cnn statement, I'd peg Digg at about 75% democrat and 25% republican. Go me.
      • craigatkinson, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3That's a good theory, but it could also be due to the fact that my CNN comment was one level down and posted later.
    • Scrappy1850, on 07/03/2008, -19/+63how do you know he is muslim?
      • trevah, on 07/03/2008, -15/+86Umm, if one is from Baghdad, it follows that they're both Muslim AND a terrorist. Also, they probably kill puppies for their souls in their free time...with their bare hands.

        Don't you watch the news?
      • stubear, on 07/03/2008, -3/+86he has brown skin...duh. /sarcasm
      • trevah, on 07/03/2008, -7/+45Do you guys just not do sarcasm or what?
      • psyjoniz, on 07/03/2008, -4/+18i bet you fall down a lot.
      • elnerdo, on 07/04/2008, -1/+7Trevah, there's no need to say that he's Muslim AND a terrorist. It's redundant.
    • MattFromSeattle, on 07/03/2008, -2/+96I hear they only do 'Terrorist Fist Jabs'
    • mcm020, on 07/03/2008, -23/+10Funny how you just assume he is a Muslim. Iraq has a large Christian population, you know. I thought "progressives" like yourself wouldn't jump to conclusions about our ethnic brothers.
      • Nauru, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1Just the Muslim children?
      • toshibu, on 07/03/2008, -0/+15Correction: Iraq HAD a large Christian population. They're all refugees in Syria now--all but a couple dozen.
      • ConceptJunkie, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6It's not so large any more. Most of the Christians left the country when the government was overthrown: The Muslims started massacring them.

      • neuro420, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5The funny part wasn't that he assumed he's a muslim, you really don't get how jokes work do you?
    • zacharytelschow, on 07/03/2008, -20/+12Obviously Photoshopped. CCN told me any American soldier seen in broad daylight would be killed instantly because we are losing the war and our soldiers are running for their lives.
      • neuro420, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3No, you got that all wrong. That's Canadian Soldiers killed by amerikan troops.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2@neuro

        That's because the US troops know who the real enemy is.
      • homer454, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3One day, the U.S. will again attempt to invade Canada!
      • userperson, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2One day, the U.S. will again attempt to care about Canada!
      • PolishLogic, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I'll gladly be on the front lines of that one.

        Goddamn Canadians, with their smug "a-boots" and "ehs", their Labatt's, that smarmy Morley Safer, and especially.....Doug ***** Henning.

        I say it's finally time we put an end to Canada and all of it's evil. We'll also finally have control of the global supply of Canadian whiskey.
      • CryRightardCry, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1@polishlogic
        It's not so much they know who the enemy is, it's just that they know it's not anyone in a US uniform, so you can shoot anyone who's not wearing one.
    • fromaworld, on 07/03/2008, -23/+13I can't believe this comment has 564 diggs. It makes me want to leave digg and never come back.
      • DrunkTomato, on 07/04/2008, -3/+14digg = sarcasm.

        If you didn't get that by now, I guess you never will.
      • Tyrghast, on 07/04/2008, -3/+3Now where did I put my sarcasm font...
      • nathron, on 07/04/2008, -3/+8neat. digg needs less stupid people.
      • gcman94, on 07/04/2008, -2/+2stick your head somewhere dark, now!
    • Pinhedd, on 07/04/2008, -8/+2you should read Dawkins, there is no such thing as a "muslim child" or a "christian child". All children are born innocent.
  • vroom101, on 07/02/2008, -9/+119Also from Iraq...
    1. Well Protected: http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos ... via http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=21324
    2. "I'm O.K.": http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos ... via http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=6703
    • pintomp3, on 07/03/2008, -42/+45Also from Iraq...

      http://users.adelphia.net/~mbaker8/iraq-dad-dead-d ...
      http://simonperry.org/images/us-soldier-sabrina-ab ...
      http://www.harmonicslife.net/Blog/2006/HadithaMass ...
      • Freakboy380, on 07/03/2008, -17/+10***** you man, gotta ruin a perfectly good moment. Shame on you...
      • twiztidsinz, on 07/03/2008, -11/+22I bet you're great to have at parties.
      • tidu, on 07/03/2008, -14/+9Thanks for that. Ass
      • pintomp3, on 07/03/2008, -12/+9the iraq war is hardly a party.
      • cwmather, on 07/03/2008, -15/+7You're a douche.
      • AyaJulia, on 07/03/2008, -12/+37My consolation, man. Everyone's digging you down because they don't like their delusions and warm fuzzy happy times shattered.

        To everyone digging this guy (and, inevitably, me) down:
        The fact that there are still both cameras and children in Iraq doesn't change the devastation that has been brought to that country. The fact that a few kids have been in cute pictures with soldiers doesn't change the monstrous numbers of human beings written off as collateral damage. Wake. The. *****. Up.
      • Dustmuffins, on 07/03/2008, -9/+5Dead people? It's obvious that Americans killed them.
      • LeonidasStokely, on 07/03/2008, -4/+10@AyaJulia

        The fact that the war in Iraq is unpopular (maybe illegal) does not change the fact that service personal there are doing a good job and that it is reall humn beings caught up in the conflict - regardless of the politics.
      • LeonidasStokely, on 07/03/2008, -4/+2*personnel

        I am a mong.
      • Darkan, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0The war is definitely horrible, and some terrible things have been done to the people of Iraq. But, I think the 'heartwarming' pictures just go to show that not all soldiers are horrible monsters, killing and raping their way across the country. I think it's good to see both sides of the story.
      • Nollykin, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Darkan: I disagree. That soldier in the initial photo with the kid on his foot could have been just as big an ***** as the girl smiling over the corpse. He was just in a good mood at the time of this photo being taken.
      • stfucupcake, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1War is generally not filled with warm and fuzzy images.
      • icurl, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Ruin a moment?
        This is a great picture and I think that a lot of the forces are doing a good job with local people BUT it's a war where the Americans and Europeans kill other people in their country, therefore people should not be buried for showing the reality, it's nice to see both sides of the war and not get caught up in petty patriotism.
    • JorgeGonzalez, on 07/03/2008, -22/+9Wow, a rare sight even in America; a black man taking care of a child.
      • TomFrost, on 07/03/2008, -5/+8Troll more. You need practice.
      • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Minorities vs. minorities
      • Dustmuffins, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6As awful as that was, it's still kind of funny.
      • JonGalt, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2sad but.....lol

        stereotypes are funny.
    • Wootstapler, on 07/03/2008, -3/+2Can't help but notice that the guy in the second photo looks awfully like Wesker from Resident Evil.
    • faceless323, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1For picture 2....I think she just adopted that baby.
    • TheGambit, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3why do these photos never appear on the news?
      • MavRevMatt, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Because if it looked like things were well no one would support pumping billions into it.
    • 5celery, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1WTF? People think it's encouraging to see killers interact with children now? What the hell is wrong with people?
  • TheGooseyOne, on 07/03/2008, -56/+37But, but, but for all these years digg has taught me that the soldiers and marines in Iraq are all evil and each and every one of them will stop at nothing to kill every innocent Iraqi man, woman or child, that crosses their path!

    Damn you digg recommendation system for pointing me to this picture which is obviously is a photoshopped piece of propaganda being spread by Fox news.
    • piffboy, on 07/03/2008, -1/+11this is the problem with listening to people who you know are going to tell you things you want to hear.
      you become the dictator of your inputs and eventually begin censuring yourself.
    • usingpond, on 07/03/2008, -6/+4Congrats you are someone who cannot think for themselves, or even rationally for that matter. I know you're being sarcastic. But taking a knee to talk to a child does not make up for the wholly unethical destruction of life and culture that is going on.

      To flip it around, if he could waste that kid and thereby completely undo what we've done to Iraq and our country, that would be more deserving of our pride and compassion.
      • LeonidasStokely, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2You are a ***** tool. Servicemen do not deserve to be villified because the war is unpopular or because they are being ordered to do things you don't agree with (for the record neither do I). What do you expect them to do, turn around to their officers and just say "My politics don't fit in with this, so you can just ***** off."
      • usingpond, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1What about the ones that sign up during the war?
    • kraftj, on 07/03/2008, -3/+3Nobody (sane) blames the soldiers. The soldiers are just there carrying out orders and trying not to get killed; it's the orders that are f-ed up. I'm sorry, but I can't stand the mention that people want you to believe the soldiers are to blame and are killing innocent people. They're just doing what they've been brainwashed to do.

      Sure, innocent Iraqi's have been killed, tortured, etc, but I don't blame any of them. Our government puts them in situations they shouldn't be in in the first place, and I strongly blame any horrible consequences of this "war" on them; even if it is an American soldier torturing an innocent Iraqi. The American soldier shouldn't have been there in the first place.
      • plhofmei, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I accept your conclusion but I reject your premise. Goering was only carrying out orders too. ;)
      • userperson, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3I blame the soldiers, guess that means I'm not SANE *amused*
        If there was no one to carry out orders, or at least these orders, then the U.S. military wouldn't be in the mess it is.

        Sure the idiots at the top are horrible, but ultimately the soldiers on the ground are the ones committing atrocities. Don't kill people you don't know just 'cause some one tells you to. Don't let yourself be put in a position where such things are likely.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1@userperson

        So you'd prefer to see them all in the brig, or carrying around the burden of a dishonorable discharge upon being court-martialed for insubordination?

        Or are you just saying that people should flat out stop joining the military?

        The first option just ruins the lives of a few, the second option ruins the lives of many.
      • ImagineFreedom, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3My stance exactly. Soldiers have an obligation to disobey illegal, unconstitutional, and/or unethical orders.

        Ultimately though, all Americans not actively protesting hold the ultimate responsibility; it's the government we've accepted as legitimate that gives the orders in the first place.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1@ImagineFreedom

        Wouldn't it be easier for Congress to....oh, I don't know...quit footing the bill for this war the majority of them claim to be so completely against??

        If there is no money being paid out to keep them there, it would seem that the troops would have to withdraw
      • userperson, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2@PolishLogic
        I'm not gonna put them in the brig, or dishonor them. I blame them, but maimings, war wounds, PTSD, etc. etc. I'm not gonna do anything to them.

        People should flat out stop joining the military.
        They don't know what they're going to do with you. They could have you gun down people exactly like your friends and family. There's not a good way out as you address, you can't quit, so you're essentially a slave.

        the second one you haven't thought through. Violence ruins more lives than both.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1@userperson

        Violence can also do good.
      • zombies187, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1@polishlogic
        Wouldn't it be easier for Congress to....oh, I don't know...quit footing the bill for this war the majority of them claim to be so completely against??
        The majority of Congress is FOR the war in Iraq. Don't you understand how voting works?
        Also how would that be easier that soldiers simply refusing to commit crimes?
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2@Polishlogic
        Yes violence CAN do good things, it's called self-defense, and it hardly ever applies.

        Usually violence does bad things. Violence also has secondary (if not tertiary, etc. etc.) effects which can be many times worse than the original cause.
        The default is or should be violence is bad -- don't.

    • generic0user, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0wow, good example of rational though there.
  • mohabias, on 07/03/2008, -45/+19unfounded trust
    • theMADone, on 07/03/2008, -3/+7im digging u up for the sarcastic tone, but lets be fair, for the vast majority of cases, the soldiers over there are doing the best they can in a bad environment, are fully deserving of the civilians trust, and probably deserve more respect from you. its not the armed forces fault that the administration controlling their actions are hell bent on oil money.
  • monkeycatDx, on 07/03/2008, -33/+37I just cant stop staring at the image. It's very heart warming.
  • superdude101, on 07/03/2008, -29/+19Don't mean to be a skeptic... but where is the kids' shadow?
    • JayKeaton, on 07/03/2008, -3/+20On the ground, where it should be.
    • borez, on 07/03/2008, -17/+20I hate people who cry shopped... but can somebody please explain this beauty to me?

      http://www.filedropper.com/kidsoldier
      • borez, on 07/03/2008, -2/+3Actually forget it, I'm sure there's somebody out there who can explain it.
      • noahhoward, on 07/03/2008, -1/+15A lot of those lines are wrong. The sun is closer to coming from right above them.
      • jehan60188, on 07/03/2008, -3/+6demon spawn with no shadow! run!
      • bicyclethief, on 07/03/2008, -1/+9I think all but the line from the tip of gun to the ground are correct, which means the the kid's shadow is pretty much below him and not slanted away.
      • Scrappy1850, on 07/03/2008, -0/+11the right most lines are wrong... look at the gun muzzle. the correct angle is the shallow one.
      • corkdorkdan, on 07/03/2008, -0/+14The lines aren't drawn correctly. The second line from the right points from a shadow on the ground to the soldier's pack (or maybe his butt). But it's actually the shadow being cast by his elbow. Similarly, one of the lines on the left should pass through the boy's pocket that's turned inside-out and to its corresponding shadow.

        In short, all the lines are drawn incorrectly with the exception of the one passing through the tip of the solider's gun. That's the clearest and most obviously true line/shadow.
      • doople, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5Lines are wrong. I believe the two lines tracing from the soldier's helmet should actually be coming from the boy's back and his turned-out pocket. This would line them up with the gun barrel line. Boot and back lines are wrong as well. Probably from his elbow and just another section of the boot. Go by the gun line, that's the most prominent feature, you know that line is correct.
      • RobotLeAwesome, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4Wow, you guys are pretty dumb – look at the soldiers knee, there's the kid's arm shadow. The only line that is remotely correct in that image is the muzzle of the gun, use that to visualize it.
      • noahhoward, on 07/03/2008, -1/+20There you go http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2633743391_cb3 ...
      • UnixSkunk, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2 Actually, the only line I see there, which is correct on the soldier, is the one for the gun. The line you drew from his pack to the ground, should be from his left elbow to the ground...Which would put it at about the same angle as the one for the tip of the rifle barrel. The shadow for his ankle seems to be correct as it is low enough to the ground that it doesnt cast a shadow far enough away to identify the correct angle of the sun. The closer an object is to the ground, the harder it is to identify the angle of the sun when it gets above 45 degrees. overhead...
        Most of this is common sense, it seems to me.
        The kid's shadow seems to be missing because he is leaning forward, and if you use the same angle as the tip of the gun, his shadow should be almost directly below him...and slightly merged with that of the soldier's knee....
        I hate when a soldier abuses his power/authority...but when I see something like this that is likely accurate, people really should shut up and give props where its due.
      • petaganayr, on 07/03/2008, -11/+2Shopped
      • AYork, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1You have uncovered the conspiracy. There is no war in Iraq, it's on Tatooine.

        Actually, as others have said, it's about noon in the pic. The lines are drawn wrong
      • borez, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1@ noahhoward: First prize, you win ;0)

        I'm so glad you did that, I was beginning to despair among the "it's shopped" crowd

        You sir... Just know.

      • borez, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2FTR: this was a joke. And a lesson to all who cry " Photoshopped "

        You couldn't even begin to calculate the angle of the sun in that 2D picture without a 3D map with all the variables added.

        All I have to say is that the soldier is bigger than that kid... end of.

        ;0)
    • Kn1ghtmare, on 07/03/2008, -1/+22There are actually three suns in Iraq...
    • tim620, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2If you look closely the kid is in the shadow of the soldier and there is a shadow for the kid's back half that is partially in the sun.
    • AsgardsAvenger, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5When you don't see his shadow it means 6 more years of occupation... :(
    • tomato1324, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1directly under him....where's YOUR shadow?
  • JayKeaton, on 07/03/2008, -15/+80I couldn't imagine what it'd be like to be a soldier and having a kid come up to you, when you have heard stories about child suicide bombers. This picture shows trust from both sides.
  • bwinebarger, on 07/03/2008, -15/+77People need to know that things are positive at times. It's the news media that profits only from the negative.
    • bicyclethief, on 07/03/2008, -13/+9except we don't even get the tip of the negative iceberg for Iraq stories
      • Iztikeit, on 07/03/2008, -2/+0As much as I hate to hear you say that, it's true. The rise of the Taliban is barely front page news and even then it's underestimated.
      • Jesse, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1You douche, what the ***** do you think is the role of the media? To promote administrations?? Historically the media is supposed to be intensely critical of all forms of power (and their actions). If you want them to show pictures of kids on boots, you should move to North Korea.
      • hivoltage815, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1except if its a politician/administration the powers in the media want elected and shown positively, then you see less and less negative.

        Look at the fall of Howard Dean to John Kerry, the fall of Hillary to Obama, and the probable fall of McCain to Obama, then look at which way the news slanted.

        My point is, the media should cover everything 50/50 and let US decide.
      • czeman, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1@ bicyclethief
        Thank you for proving the point.

        @Jesse
        The media is supposed to remain neutral and provide only facts, not biased opinions.
    • usingpond, on 07/03/2008, -6/+7Yeah, that news media. REALLY negative about Iraq! Especially with all those pundits saying the surge is working. Way to be a ***** retard, shoot yourself.
    • hfactor, on 07/03/2008, -6/+5Yeah, I mean they killed hundreds of thousands, but sometimes they put a kid on their boot! It's not all negative!
      /s
    • birdmanrush, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0I agree 100% Well said.
    • 5celery, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1What are people seeing as positive in a picture of a desperate child standing with a soldier from an occupying force? Is this going to be a commemorative plate now? Did Germany put pictures of Nazi's holding children in the public eye to placate them? This is a bizarre phenomenon right here.
  • Duggan360, on 07/03/2008, -34/+5A Solider with a small foreign boy
    That guy has balls
    • bicyclethief, on 07/03/2008, -4/+9they both have balls
      • dondara, on 07/03/2008, -3/+3But one pair is going to get "bad touched"
      • userperson, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3But one pair is going to get the electrodes.
    • PolishLogic, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Why you're getting dugg down, I'll never know. That was flat out funny!
  • rockybullwinkle, on 07/03/2008, -111/+30Boy: Hey GI Joe, you got girlfriend Iraq?

    Soldier: Not just this minute.

    Boy: My sister, she so horny. She love you long time. You party?

    Soldier: Yeah, I might party. How much?

    Boy: Fifteen dolla.

    Soldier: Fifteen dollars?

    Boy: Yeah. She love you long time. She so horny!

    Soldier: Fifteen dolla too boo-coo. Five dolla.

    Boy: She suckee-suckee. She love you too much.

    Soldier: Five dollars is all my mom allows me to spend.

    Boy: Okay! Ten dolla.

    • eazhar, on 07/03/2008, -4/+24just terrible,
    • SitPoMk, on 07/03/2008, -10/+2?
    • jehan60188, on 07/03/2008, -3/+25*drives up on motorbike*
      *steals your camera*
      *does kung fu*
      *drives off*
    • drethedog, on 07/03/2008, -11/+3Hey dumbass stay out of the internet, ok....
    • ahale97, on 07/03/2008, -3/+19Why is the boy Asian all of the sudden?
      • digitalpencil, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5degenerates aren't really sure where people are from, they just assume all foreigners are the same..
      • rockybullwinkle, on 07/03/2008, -2/+3Last time I checked the map, Iraq is part of Asia. Anyway, my usage of dialogue from "Full Metal Jacket" as captioning for the image is at least as truthful as the DoD propaganda machine's blatant "winning the hearts and minds" angle.

      • romistrub, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1Jesus Christ, yet another piece of proof that Diggers are retarded.

        http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-continents ...

        Now find Iraq. I'll give you a hint: IT'S IN THE ***** PURPLE SECTION, YOU ***** MORONS!
      • ahale97, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1@rockybullwinkle and his gay lover romisturb i think that everyone on digg except for you too figured out that i meant why do they have a Asian kind of accent you ***** morons.
      • romistrub, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1@ahale

        What the ***** is an asian accent?! I swear to god the average IQ of Digg is plummeting!
      • rockybullwinkle, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1@ahale97 (shouldn't that be a-hole97?), somehow, being called a "***** moron" by someone who doesn't know when to use the word "two" instead of "too", doesn't seem too bad.

        As for the accusation that I'm gay, maybe you should ask your mom. Tell her I said "hi". And anyway, there's nothing wrong with being gay. It seems to have worked fine for you.

        Good luck prepping for your GED. The diploma will look great, framed over the deep fat fryer at your future workplace.

    • fastlane44, on 07/03/2008, -5/+1your inconsiderate reply indicates the level of your ignorance
    • acliffhang3r, on 07/04/2008, -2/+3Thank you rockybullwinkle for sharing your conversation with a soldier when you were a boy.
    • wignasty, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3 /clap
    • JonnyIsElectric, on 07/04/2008, -1/+5how did this get -66 diggs. this is HI-RA-RI-OUS
      • AZRoboto, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Blatant racism, that isn't even the right race, is hilarious?
    • dholley, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2How has this been thumbed down so much? Do diggers just not get the reference?
  • alx1507, on 07/03/2008, -61/+32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _________
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ./ It’s a trap!
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _,,,--~~~~~~~~--,_ . . . . ._________/
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,-‘ : : : :::: :::: :: : : : : :º ‘-, . . /. . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . . . . . .,-‘ :: : : :::: :::: :::: :::: : : :o : ‘-, . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . . . . ,-‘ :: ::: :: : : :: :::: :::: :: : : : : :O ‘-, . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . . .,-‘ : :: :: :: :: :: : : : : : , : : :º :::: :::: ::’; . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . .,-‘ / / : :: :: :: :: : : :::: :::-, ;; ;; ;; ;; ;; ;; ; . . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . . /,-‘,’ :: : : : : : : : : :: :: :: : ‘-, ;; ;; ;; ;; ;; ;;| . . . . . . .
    . . . . . . . /,’,-‘ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: : ::_,-~~,_’-, ;; ;; ;; ;; | . . . . . . .
    . . . . . _/ :,’ :/ :: :: :: : : :: :: _,-‘/ : ,-‘;’-‘’’’’~-, ;; ;; ;;,’ . . . . . . . .
    . . . ,-‘ / : : : : : : ,-‘’’ : : :,--‘’ :|| /,-‘-‘--‘’’__,’’’ ;; ;,-‘ . . . . . . . .
    . . . :/,, : : : _,-‘ --,,_ : : : ||/ /,-‘-‘x### :: ;;/ . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . / /---‘’’’ : # : : : : : | | : (O##º : :/ /-‘’ . . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . /,’____ : : ‘-# : , : : : : ‘-,___,-‘,-`-,, . . . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . ‘ ) : : : :’’’’--,,--,,,,,,¯ :: ::--,,_’’-,,’’’¯ :’- :’-, . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . .) : : : : : : ,, : ‘’’’~~~~’ :: :: :: :’’’’’¯ :: ,-‘ :,/ . . . . . . . . .
    . . . . .,/ /|| | :/ / : : : : : : : ,’-, :: :: :: :: ::,--‘’ :,-‘ . . . . . . . .
    . . . . .’| |/ ‘/ / :: :_--,, : , | )’; :: :: :: :,-‘’ : ,-‘ : : : , . . . . . . .
    . . . ./¯ :| | : |/ :: ::----, :/ :|/ :: :: ,-‘’ : :,-‘ : : : : : : ‘’-,,_ . . . .
    . . ..| : : :/ ‘’-(, :: :: :: ‘’’’’~,,,,,’’ :: ,-‘’ : :,-‘ : : : : : : : : :,-‘’’ . . . .
    . ,-‘ : : : | : : ‘’) : : :¯’’’’~-,: : ,--‘’’ : :,-‘’ : : : : : : : : : ,-‘ :¯’’’’’-,_ .
    ./ : : : : :’-, :: | :: :: :: _,,-‘’’’¯ : ,--‘’ : : : : : : : : : : : / : : : : : : :’’-,
    / : : : : : -, :¯’’’’’’’’’’’¯ : : _,,-~’’ : : : : : : : : : : : : : :| : : : : : : : : :
    : : : : : : :¯’’~~~~~~’’’ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : | : : : : : : : : :
  • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -37/+25More of the same: http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003. ...
    • emmywemmy, on 07/03/2008, -6/+6wow thanks for the gruesome warning. ):
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -5/+9That's what the girl in the pic said.
    • trumpydumpy, on 07/03/2008, -9/+13Of course, people bury you because it isn't a pic of a child grovelling at the foot of a US Soldier holding an M-16...
      • goatman93, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1That's actually an M4-A1, M16 has a longer barrel.
    • nlo69, on 07/03/2008, -9/+15WHy are you being buried? That's outrageous. I guess everyone's having too much fun stroking themselves at how wonderful our soldiers are to face reality. Assholes.
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -3/+13Because the entire country is in denial. They protested the war, in their minds, for about a week. Now they actually accept it and rewrite history (from a couple years ago) to fit their new reality.
    • xs11ax, on 07/03/2008, -8/+13why bury this guy for showing the truth?

      cant you handle the truth??
    • dtfinch, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1I'm sure I first saw that photo before March 2003.
    • SoSerious, on 07/04/2008, -1/+0i digg up.
  • mattyx, on 07/03/2008, -22/+11Alternate title: Why?
  • pheedback, on 07/03/2008, -37/+23Trust.. that the kid does not have a bomb strapped to him?
  • Cloud7659, on 07/03/2008, -31/+138The sad thing is, today its heartwarming but tomorrow they send one in strapped and BOOM. Wouldn't be the first time it happened, I lost a friend to a similar scenario.

    I'm proud of the soldier, but I'm not proud of the people who put him there.
    • jehan60188, on 07/03/2008, -35/+12or, you know- today the soldier's taking that PR photo, tommorrow he's going to rush into that kid's house, kill all the men in there, then rape his mom, and his sister
      • trevah, on 07/03/2008, -9/+3Ya, just go ahead and mock the rarity of an occurrence with another.

        Hypocrisy: the life-blood of the ignorant and blindly biased.
      • n1eb, on 07/03/2008, -6/+5Go to hell you piece of crap.
      • kraftj, on 07/03/2008, -5/+5***** you.
      • quaxon, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6"Ya, just go ahead and mock the rarity of an occurrence with another."

        Only, its not that rare, it's actually very common. The only rare thing about it is the media coverage.
    • kraftj, on 07/03/2008, -4/+32My thoughts exactly: "I'm proud of the soldier, but I'm not proud of the people who put him there."
    • CircleFusion, on 07/03/2008, -2/+27Why is cloud7659 being dugg down?
      Unfortunately, it's true. Scenarios like that can and have happened.

      That's partially why this photo is called "trust". The trust is mutual. The kid is trusting the soldier and the soldier is trusting the kid.

      I also feel similarly regarding the war. The soldiers are amazing people. The people that put them in Iraq? Not so much.
    • ciaran036, on 07/03/2008, -6/+6Personally, I don't see what you're so proud about it. I'm proud of those who defied orders and left the forces.
      There's no need for the US soldiers. It is clear that the addition of heavily armed soldiers only made violence worse in Iraq. And that is unlikely to change until US soldiers leave and the Iraqis take control again.
      • Greg2k, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1I'm pretty sure anyone who has joined the Army in the last 25 years knows perfectly well what to expect.

        If you don't want to obey orders, open up a restaurant.
      • getontop, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1You're an idiot. Do you think everyone in the military have an option to leave and start a normal life? My best friend just left for Afghanistan. If he leaves he has nothing to come home to (his mom is a druggie and live in a van).
    • patorama, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2My friend is a Marine who was deployed to Fallujah last year. He had a six year old kid throw a grenade at his Humvee as it drove by, and I'm sure this wasn't an isolated incident, this is just one the many he happened to relate to me. I can't imagine being in the situation where I might have to shoot a kid because he is trying to kill me. It boggles the mind.
  • blacktriangle, on 07/03/2008, -34/+24A starving child begging for food from the same occupier who has destroyed his country.
    • superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -6/+2He's obviously not starving, he just wants candy...

      And we are not an occupying force, the government there runs things.
      • blacktriangle, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6Americans are an occupying force in Iraq. That is documented and not debatable.
      • quaxon, on 07/03/2008, -2/+3You keep telling yourself that *****
      • blacktriangle, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1That's right. I keep telling myself the truth, while you delude yourself with lies.
  • PotenC, on 07/03/2008, -14/+8Nice picture.
  • magneticdozer, on 07/03/2008, -15/+74the fun part is you'll never see that kind of stuff on the news.
    • an0nymous, on 07/03/2008, -4/+25When was the last time you saw anything about Iraq on the news? It's the unreported war.
      I mean "Yeah it's a war. But Jessica Simpsons little sister might be pregnant!"
      Seriously compare the news coverage of the bogus teen pregnancy story and the Iraq coverage.
      ***** disgusting.
      • ediblepet, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2Relevant things related to Iraq are reported often. That doesn't mean all other sources of news cease to exist, including pop culture, which the news has always reported on. Do you wish that all other forms of news were ignored just because of Iraq? Is there really that much news in Iraq that goes unreported?

        The American military invaded Iraq in 2003. Five years ago. Do you think there is someone who isn't aware of this?
      • hivoltage815, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1They cover Iraq just as much as they covered the situations in Kosova 10+ years ago. Not enough soldiers are dying for us to care I guess, business as usual for the U.S.
    • KainHighwind, on 07/03/2008, -3/+12Yeah, truly sad. The only place I've seen good news on the Iraq war is Fox.

      Some of the right pundits are correct... liberals would have a lot to lose if the War in Iraq is a success.
      • Defuser, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1Oh, shut the ***** up. As I recall, "liberals" supported the war, back before it became obvious that we're there for NO REASON WHATSOEVER. But he, there's a cute staged picture of a kid with a solider, so that makes all the OTHER kids that our soldiers have murdered, raped, and left orphans OK, right?
  • zosoIV, on 07/03/2008, -69/+101He's telling the soldier to leave.
    • userperson, on 07/03/2008, -6/+3"Why are you here? My city is in chaos because of you"
      "Go back, turn around, and stop killing my people"
      "Go away."
      http://is.gd/Lv3
    • hivoltage815, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4We turned our own cities to chaos during the Revolutionary War in order to achieve liberty. I guess the only difference is we made the decision ourselves and didn't have someone come in and make the decision for us.
    • desertDenizen, on 07/04/2008, -3/+1He's wired with 4 lbs. of C-4.
    • thatsmyaibo, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3You would be surprised. My friend is a marine and was sent there and then stop lossed for a second tour. The kids there loved the marine presence. The war isn't only what you see on the news.
  • mdoerr, on 07/03/2008, -29/+9There's going to be a park on that site! Well, at least until that kid's uncle blows up the crane that's constructing it.
  • xbunsenx, on 07/03/2008, -38/+4Right after the picture the kid pulls a grenade out of the soldiers pack and the soldier never gets to trust again.
  • mediaspree, on 07/03/2008, -57/+46Hey American man, Where's my father?!

    OH, You mean the suspected Al Qaeda militant? Sorry son...
    • Blydchyld, on 07/03/2008, -6/+5Some people just have to be negative...
  • jpaolini, on 07/03/2008, -23/+72A few of the comments here are pretty appalling. Show some respect guys, we don't need commentary about prostitution and pedophilia, not even as a joke. Keep your fantasies to yourselves.

    Fantastic photo.
    • an0nymous, on 07/03/2008, -3/+30No offense, but you're pleading for civility on the internet?
      Good luck with that.
      • jpaolini, on 07/03/2008, -1/+18Heh, I realized exactly that after I clicked submit. Oh well.
    • AYork, on 07/03/2008, -8/+5OH HAI, WELCOME TO TEH TUBERNETS!
    • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -10/+2Respect for what?

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6637307.stm
    • Hoofenhoffer, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6@achalemoipas
      Again, in not such a nice tone
      Dude, shut up with your "US soldiers kill children" *****.
      and read the damn article
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -7/+1There is no article.

        And I'll shut up about it when your country pays for its crimes. Until then, YOUR COUNTRY MURDERS CHILDREN, DESTROYS HOMES, TORTURES INNOCENTS, MURDERS WOMEN IN THEIR HOMES FOR PROFIT.
      • Quisquis, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Too bad this is the internet and you aren't accountable for what you say... I'd recommend that they do it to you Achal.
    • OGTK423, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1Thank you for having a brain.
  • soupcan58, on 07/03/2008, -12/+30I may not agree with everything about the war, but that picture is just amazing.
  • CryTekEmployee, on 07/03/2008, -20/+6Assault rifles and kids, that pic turns me on like a lawnmower
  • parallax7d, on 07/03/2008, -34/+149Only thing missing is the soldier not being in that country.
  • Nickdotnet, on 07/03/2008, -25/+4I heard Faux news talk about this photo....moments later the boy pulled the pin on a grenade in his pocket. Faux said that why we can't trust muslims...cuz they're cute and deadly.
    • nlo69, on 07/03/2008, -8/+2Why do you watch that *****? I love guys who call it Faux news - except they are actually watching it! Your eyeballs on the screen counts in the ratings, douchebag.
      • twiztidsinz, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3It's actually your TV being on and tuned to that station that gives ratings.
    • AYork, on 07/03/2008, -2/+0Just like ninjapuppies.
  • njndirish, on 07/03/2008, -28/+24Don't you love it when Diggers come in and destroy a good picture with political opinions and forget the deeper meaning behind the image to forward their agenda
    • xs11ax, on 07/03/2008, -5/+14WTF! that picture IS political.

      the reason for that kid and the soldier ever meeting like that is political.

      get the ***** out of iraq. in fact get the ***** out of the world.
      • Quisquis, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4Yeah... the number one consumer in the world should "get the ***** out of [it]". What do you think would happen to all the kids nearly starving that america feeds? What about all the AIDS aid provided to
        Africa? What do you think would happen to the world economy when the largest portion of it dropped out?

        I wish America could leave the world. I wish we could close our borders, pull in our military, close off our economy and let all you idiots go to hell in a hand basket. Meanwhile we'd do just fine.

        But we can't, so we'll do what we can where we can to make things better. Unfor