Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A dear uncle of mine who commanded a carrier squadron of jets during the war in Vietnam told me through his tears that he had killed, by his conservative estimate, 2,500 enemy soldiers. How do you know how many, I asked. Because I saw them fall, he answered. War is hell, and I can't imagine anyone coming out with all the sanity he took in. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Phil Forrest" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: [Leica] Veterans Day 2012 Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2012 4:25 pm On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:51:37 -0500 scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote: "Veterans and new-breed veterans? groups are challenging not only presidents and members of Congress but also the American public, to whom elected officials are accountable. Aidan Delgado, posted at Abu Ghraib, is convinced that 'if people could see the bodies, the blood, they wouldn?t be able to support this war with a clear conscience.'" Yeah, I was really mentally done with Iraq and with the idea of fighting when the starving kids started lining the roads near our camp and near FOBs. I thought I'd lost my soul when I trained my rifle on children every time I'd return from a convoy or patrol. Aiming a weapon at a person is unnerving and inhuman but if they are a threat it is something that has to be done. Aiming a weapon at a child sinks us lower than most animals. It's unnatural and I did it hundreds of times. I took a photo of one just once on our way by: http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/335338-2/girl.jpg Phil Forrest -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information