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When I saw the pictures I looked them over, and I tried to put them in some kind of context, which was difficult because the photographer didn't provide any background info. Didn't tell us what we were looking at. Which I guess is fine because it provokes thought. When -I- looked at the photos, particularly of women and children, my first thought was to ask myself a question. To wit: "I wonder if this is a child that was injured in a firefight between US Forces and the terrorists, or was the child perhaps injured in one of the number of terrorist bombings that have occured?" Not knowing either way, I don't feel informed enough to comment on those. Tecoyah, you may notice, displays no such (apparent) thought process, to all appearances automatically assuming that our forces -must- have shot/blown up/burned that poor kid/woman/guy, and launching into "Y'see, this is why people hate us." Following that assumed knee-jerk reaction, I am even more interested in having the background info so that I know what I'm looking at. If they are casualties of our offensive actions, I sympathize, but realize that warfare involves collateral damage. Almost without fail. Especially in situations where the enemy chooses to hide behind civilians. I for one will never believe our troops as a whole go out there with the intent to injure and kill civilians, and those who imply such apparently have never actually known anyone in the armed forces. If these children were injured by the terrorists, then it demonstrates exactly what we are fighting to eliminate: cowards who target women and children as a means to their end.
Please also note in a couple of the pictures of a burned out bus, car, etc, that some of the corpses have an equally destroyed gun close by to where they fell. I can only guess that these are enemy casualties, but by the state of the bodies, one can't tell for sure.
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