This photo is of a Marine who witnessed the breaking and the
pulling down of a statue of Iraq’s president. I really like this photo. Some
people around the United States disagree with America going into Iraq and
fighting. But they killed many of us when they brought down the world trade
towers. They killed innocent people. After, George W. Bush led us into Iraq. We
fought and some died. We made gradual gains and had bases in the Middle East.
We were making grounds. But then, President Obama came in and brought our
troops out of the Middle East. For the families with loved ones across seas,
they were now home and overjoyed. But we just pulled out. Many of our bases that
men and women fought and died for were overtaken by our enemy. So does that
mean they just died for nothing? They shed their blood for the enemy just to
come in and take them again. This is absurd, especially since the Middle
Eastern countries still despise America. And now America gave our enemy
material for a nuclear bomb. First of all, why would the US dare to give the
very people that kind of stuff if they almost WANT a war with us? My cousin was
stationed in the Middle East and he is not happy at all. So that statue that we
tore down in Iraq was for nothing. When I see this photo, I am overjoyed that
we did this because it had so many good purposes. It HAD. Now, this has no purpose.
Most of the photos on the website were of people helping other people. This
photo definitely qualified, but now, the photo represents all the horror we put
our protectors through for no reason.

The efforts of our soldiers feel wasted, huh? :( If only those statues could be kept down and not simply replaced by new ones.
ReplyDeleteI remember when this actually happened. I was in high school. Seems like there's no such thing as "winning" a war these days, at least not like it felt with WW2.
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