My Second-Favorite Photo Of The Week
Dean
My favorite the picture of the week--really there were several of these--was of the Iraqi woman holding her baby as she voted. This is probably the best of them all:
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But you know, this one comes a close second:
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Know who that is?
A member of Iraq's new armed forces. A man who's put his own life on the line to protect Iraqi lives from terrorist "insurgents" whose only mission is to deny freedom to his people.
Know what he's doing in this photo?
He's fighting fascism. He's fighting rabid religious fundamentalism.
He's VOTING!
(First noticed by Command Post's Alan Brain, who notes for Michael Moore and his vile apologists who Iraq's real Minute Men are.)
By the way, I also absolutely love Smash's photo-essay.
(I did notice the distance to the weapon before reading you post)
I agree that it's irresponsible but I'm not sure I'd blame our training on it. That said, I wonder if he isn't lucky that his face isn't showing. :-)
Great pictures. I really like both of them so very much. This country we are so honored to live in makes me so proud, just so very proud.