Sunday, January 29, 2006

They come home



Wars are primarily fought by the poor.

17% of returning veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD according to some statistics.

Blake Miller's photograph become an iconic image of the battle of Fallujah, seen in recruitment offices around the country.


She still remembers Miller's call just before the assault on Fallujah, and his terrible question: "How can people go to church and be a Christian and kill people in Iraq?"

"He was raised where that's one of the Ten Commandments, do not kill," she said. "I think it's hard for a soldier to go to war and have that embedded in them from small children up, and you go over there and you've got to do it to stay alive."


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1 Comments:

Evan said...

Wow. That was a really moving article. Thanks for posting the link.

I found your blog through the article StarWars.com did on Death Cab for Cutie....the link to the pictures of you and Nick at Comic-Con. I'm a big Decemberists fan too.

I've been reading the blog for a few days now, and I've found it both interesting and inspiring. Keep it up!

-Evan

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