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1. #1
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:04 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   Love the second picture!

2. #2
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:11 pm, tre said:

   That’s touching.

   Too bad we see too many pictures of things like Haditha.

3. #3
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:11 pm, flmom said:

   Beautiful, that picture should melt the hardest hearts.

4. #4
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:13 pm, BobK said:

   Don’t be fooled. That’s the famous “Stand on my foot” torture the left has been talking about. Poor kid.

5. #5
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:13 pm, Barry F. said:

   That is a great pic!

   Too bad liberals will insist it is altered or something. Otherwise, it would conflict with their vision of what our troops are doing in the Middle East.

6. #6
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:14 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

   Michelle,
   Do I have to tell my wife I have tears in my eyes…and I’m smiling?

7. #7
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:15 pm, twofoot said:

   Over and under on how long it will take somebody to start claiming this is staged propaganda?

   D@mn touching picture though.

8. #8
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:16 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   Come on Obama, go see for yourself…

9. #9
   On July 1st, 2008 at 4:19 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   This would be a Pulitzer prize winning picture except it’s not staged, it doesn’t promote the agenda of the left, people might think we’re winning, and there’s nothing to whine about in it.

10. #10
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:20 pm, chapoutier said:

    THIS IS STAGED PROPAGANDA!!!!…pretty cute staged propoganda… BUT STAGED PROPAGANDA NONETHELESS!!!

    How’s that twofoot? Did you take the under?

11. #11
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:21 pm, chapoutier said:

    Come on Obama, go see for yourself…

    I think he already said he is going over there sometime this month. Maybe next.

    As he should.

12. #12
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:26 pm, Azygos said:

    Also at Castle Argghhh. Let us not forget those who sacrificed for us.

13. #13
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:27 pm, wighttrasch said:

    If anyone needs to see how Iran is helping us win in Iraq, then here’s photo proof!
    (sarc)

14. #14
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:29 pm, xler8bmw said:

    I’m sitting here at work with a tear coming down my cheek. What a great picture.

15. #15
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:30 pm, chris3cube said:

    Awesome…
    God Bless our Troops for serving with honor, while roasting in all that gear.
    Even a child can see we are there to help, not carpet bomb and conquer.
    The left sees that touching picture and understands nothing, but global warming is causing heat in the desert and the child to stand on the soldiers boot.

16. #16
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:30 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    chapoutier said:

    THIS IS STAGED PROPAGANDA!!!!

    OK Goebbels; I suppose this isn’t propaganda. Shameless.

17. #17
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:32 pm, chapoutier said:

    Goldwater,

    Duh. I was joking with twofoot. It is an incredibly cute and touching picture.

18. #18
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pm, John Ansell said:

    One day that boy will have a purple finger after voting. Thanks to our Brave Troops.

19. #19
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:39 pm, et said:

    The army should use this picture as a recruitment poster.

20. #20
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:40 pm, ajmontana said:

    Now that’s the kind of hope and change people should get behind instead of Odumbos rhetoric…..
    precious pic.

21. #21
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:42 pm, mistressjustice said:

    think he already said he is going over there sometime this month. Maybe next.

    As he should.

    He’s going. He won’t give the exact dates for security concerns.

    Staged or not(who really knows?) it’s sweet a photograph.

22. #22
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:46 pm, et said:

    On second thought, If someone wants to start a fund to sculpt that soldier and child in bronze. I will donate to the effort. I don’t care where the statue is located, here or in Iraq, just name it An American Soldier.

23. #23
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:46 pm, letget said:

    This picture is why millions of Americans gave over 1.5 million (per WND today) to send a ‘thank you for your service’. We do love and thank the military and their families. Thank Michelle and all who made this care package telethon possible.
    L

24. #24
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:50 pm, gippergirl said:

    LET FREEDOM RING!!!
    God Bless our Armed Forces!!!

25. #25
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:50 pm, Bob in Myrtle Beach said:

    You know that sand must be hot…

26. #26
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:53 pm, Bill Grant said:

    I wonder what will happen to that kid after Obama turns Iraq over to Iran and al Qaeda?

27. #27
    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    If that picture was front page of the NYT they’d actually sell a few copies.

28. #28
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm, jencab said:

    Beautiful picture. It should be on the newspapers, but it will never be. Anything that proves positive for the military and/or President Bush is not worthy for the MSM.

29. #29
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm, wise_man said:

    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pm, John Ansell said: One day that boy will have a purple finger after voting. Thanks to our Brave Troops.

    One of the many things that will happen in a hopefully prosperous and free future in this country that would never have been possible with UN resolutions.

    Thanks to George W Bush, and no thanks to the democrats who would rather Bush fail than the Iraqi people succeed.

30. #30
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:12 pm, dj said:

    McCain should make a huge poster of this beautiful picture and hang it behind him at every speech. Then let Weasley Clark talk dismissively about what kind of experience you get in the military.

31. #31
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:12 pm, gayle said:

    What a wonderful picture!!!!!

    The libs will say that the child was on the soldier’s foot because he had threatened to kick him.

    Spin, spin, spin.

32. #32
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:13 pm, Wade said:

    Thanks Michelle and especially John for the hat tip. Makes a great desktop background as a constant reminder of why.

33. #33
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:16 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:30 pm, Goldwater Knight said:
    OK Goebbels; I suppose this isn’t propaganda. Shameless.

    Where did you get that picture of Obummer removing his head out of his arse?

    Our troops are just the bomb!

34. #34
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:23 pm, Lifeofthemind said:

    “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” Isaac Newton

35. #35
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:24 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Much like the photo on the cover of Michael Yon’s book this one also exemplifies what our troops are all about. God bless every last one of them. Man I love those guys…

36. #36
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:28 pm, Wade said:

    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pm, John Ansell said:
    One day that boy will have a purple finger after voting. Thanks to our Brave Troops.

    Very true or he could come to San Francisco and vote in November.

37. #37
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:37 pm, WestCoastCoconut said:

    Eph 6:15

    “and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.” (NIV)

    God Bless them all!

38. #38
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:46 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Where did you get that picture of Obummer removing his head out of his arse?

    Hmmm…now that you mention it…

    That’s hilarious!

39. #39
    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:54 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    I posted a few minutes ago and saw it, but now it is gone. Interesting…

40. #40
    On July 1st, 2008 at 6:38 pm, zorro said:

    May God the Father Almighty Bless Staff Sgt. Fred Hampton of Lexington, KY and that little boy.

    A thousand words, indeed. I agree with Aloha, that photo should win a Pulitzer Prize.

41. #41
    On July 1st, 2008 at 6:47 pm, John Ansell said:

    Very true or he could come to San Francisco and vote in November.

    With all the gang violence going on in California, he’d be safer to stay in Iraq.

42. #42
    On July 1st, 2008 at 6:53 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    One (fantastic) picture that represents thousands of gestures like that since the war started.
    We’ve been over there 5 years and 5 years to a kid is a long time – watching that sort of ‘good’ happening around them.
    I hope they have the ability to recognize and remember the goodness of others.
    Our soldiers – the best there is.
    (posted this on the wrong thread earlier…oops)

43. #43
    On July 1st, 2008 at 6:57 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Chris Satullo: A not-so-glorious Fourth
    U.S. atrocities are unworthy of our heritage.
    By Chris Satullo

    Inquirer Columnist

    I think I’ll crack a beer and eat some BBQ in honor of the waterboard ‘victim’ Khalid Sheik Mohammad.

44. #44
    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:00 pm, ArmywifeArmymom said:

    I love the first picture. The soldier kneels down to talk with the boy, and that communicates empathy. It’s precious to see that kind of trust being conveyed to the Iraqis.

    Here’s a link to a picture my son sent earlier this year. He said that they saw this scene on a daily basis in Baqubah (after they cleaned house and kicked Insurgent and al Qaeda butt of course)

    The picture is of kids chasing the soldiers as they are leaving… look at the expressions on their faces and notice how their hands are open ready to receive something. These children had no fear, at all, of the US Soldiers. It was just months before that they could not even go to school because al Q. was running their town… now look at them!

    http://lh6.ggpht.com/kneedeepinthehooah/R8XIhFOswrI/AAAAAAAAAOE/Ukzrpu8TL9c/s800/DSC_0181.JPG

45. #45
    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:08 pm, Boomer said:

    Thanks for sharing the touching picture. My monitor is really starting to get fuzzy right now. I love and support our troops and apparently so do some of the good folks in Iraq they are risking their lives to protect.

46. #46
    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:08 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Ed;

    That tool writes for the Inquirer? God, am I glad I left Philly in 1980… what an idiot.

47. #47
    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:09 pm, John Ansell said:

    Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
    Chris Satullo: A not-so-glorious Fourth
    U.S. atrocities are unworthy of our heritage.
    By Chris Satullo

    Inquirer Columnist

    He’s a loser. I’ll tip a beer with you, but not for the “victim”. I’ll tip one for the guy applying the water. Hope is was used water from cooking hot dogs.

48. #48
    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    To a liberal this is the epitome of an imperialist occupation, while to the rest of us sane types it represents the purest form of humanity.

49. #49
    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:13 pm, swmbo said:

    An American Soldier

    That picture is so moving. We do send our finest into harms way don’t we? Tears rolling now, can’t talk.

50. #50
    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:58 pm, davidleerothmann said:

    What a beautiful moment. It captures for me the decency that is within every one of the young men I have met who are on their way to or from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

    What the Left doesn’t know about these men, and we in flyover country and small town America DO, is that in addition to being brave, they are good, kind, moral people who care deeply. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale think they contain the best and brightest of America. They are absolutely wrong. The battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan hold our best, and that is why the Left does everything in its power to demonize them. Once they return, perhaps they will begin remaking America in their image. Which would be a horror to Leftists, but a blessing to all of us.

51. #51
    On July 1st, 2008 at 8:09 pm, JT said:

    On July 1st, 2008 at 5:16 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On July 1st, 2008 at 4:30 pm, Goldwater Knight said:
    OK Goebbels; I suppose this isn’t propaganda. Shameless.

    Where did you get that picture of Obummer removing his head out of his arse?
    

    Certainly explains why the Obamessiah’s head is steaming

52. #52
    On July 1st, 2008 at 8:12 pm, JT said:

    On July 1st, 2008 at 7:58 pm, davidleerothmann said:

    What the Left doesn’t know about these men, and we in flyover country and small town America DO, is that in addition to being brave, they are good, kind, moral people who care deeply. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale think they contain the best and brightest of America. They are absolutely wrong.

    As we’ve seen lately, the ivy league often turns out garbage.

53. #53
    On July 1st, 2008 at 8:16 pm, ArmsnAmmo said:

    LOVE IT! To bad the LEFT and ANTI-WAR idots wont see this and even if they did they would say it was staged and this is only OK for them too DO!!!!

54. #54
    On July 1st, 2008 at 8:18 pm, almeehan said:

    Great photo. Thanks for posting it.

55. #55
    On July 1st, 2008 at 8:36 pm, havok said:

    You won’t see the NYT run that pic. But…if they did the caption would read “Evil Bush soldier tapes innocent Iraqi boy to boot and keeps as a slave to dig oil from the sand to further enrich Cheney”.

    ’nuff said

56. #56
    On July 1st, 2008 at 8:36 pm, Lindsay said:

    Best photo I have seen in a long, long time. Thanks for posting.

    Thank you, US soldiers and Marines for all you do each day.

57. #57
    On July 1st, 2008 at 8:44 pm, Tantor said:

    “Bloodthirsty GI who couldn’t get real job in America holds gun on small, helpless Iraqi child during brutal interrogation before dragging him off as a suspected insurgent to Abu Ghraib”

    See? I could write captions for the New York Times! Maybe Al Jazeera!

58. #58
    On July 1st, 2008 at 9:01 pm, GaMidnightRider said:

    Makes this old heart all warm and swollen with pride.
    Seeing this picture makes me want to go bi^%ch slap John Murtha and anyone who speaks bad of our men and women in uniform.
    Those men and women wearing that uniform are doing more service to our country than any of the fu$%heads in congress.
    GOD BLESS THE USA AND OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM .

59. #59
    On July 1st, 2008 at 9:03 pm, brooklyn red said:

    Tantor 56 re: “Bloodthirsty GI who couldn’t get real job in America holds gun on small, helpless Iraqi child during brutal interrogation before dragging him off as a suspected insurgent to Abu Ghraib”

    What?, no rape, no torture, no martyrdom? Please, your arn’t NYT material, not even close… don’t quit your day job.

60. #60
    On July 1st, 2008 at 9:26 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Hey Murtha! Choke on this picture, you fat bastage!

61. #61
    On July 1st, 2008 at 9:26 pm, starlightwoman said:

    Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
    Chris Satullo: A not-so-glorious Fourth
    U.S. atrocities are unworthy of our heritage.
    By Chris Satullo

    Inquirer ColumnistCommunist

    The picture is great. The article is disgusting.

62. #62
    On July 1st, 2008 at 9:29 pm, Blind_Mule said:

    Rogue Cheddar said:
    Hey Murtha! Choke on this picture, you fat bastage!

    I second that.

    excellent photo, God Bless them both.

63. #63
    On July 1st, 2008 at 10:12 pm, shooter said:

    Thank you sooo much Michelle for showing this to us.
    Thank you sooo much all who serve this great country, today, yesterday and tomorrow.

    Great image and it should never have a caption, words could not do justice to this multi-faceted story.

    This made my day.

64. #64
    On July 1st, 2008 at 10:56 pm, franksalterego said:

    Tell me,

    it doesn’t break your heart, that images like this aren’t front-page news, daily, in the NYTimes.

65. #65
    On July 1st, 2008 at 11:27 pm, DaveC said:

    I see pictures like that and my eyes act strangely.. they leak water.. and it’s difficult to see..

66. #66
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 am, Texhoma said:

    Even if I was on the moon this picture would cause my allergies to act up.

67. #67
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 7:55 am, jdsmith0021 said:

    Very nice.

    I wonder how these soldiers can be compared to Nazi’s? Things that make you say hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

68. #68
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 am, mom24ks said:

    Our soldiers are just the coolest! Happy (early) Independence Day to everyone and especially to the greatest military in the world. Thanks for serving!

69. #69
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 am, Oink said:

    I bet that’s not the first time that little boy visited that soldier or at least the soldiers in general.

    Obviously his little feet were hot.

    Very sweet.

70. #70
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 9:11 am, md1964 said:

    A picture of the truth.. Our soldiers are working tirelessly to give the future of Iraq (Represented by this child) a place to get a foothold (this soldier’s own already, tired but determined foot) on their own destiny.

71. #71
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 10:50 am, GraniteMan said:

    There is no mind brilliant enough to conceive a staged picture like that. It says one thing…Trust!

72. #72
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 10:55 am, keystone said:

    There’s another great photo here. Click on the photo for an enlarged view.

73. #73
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 11:02 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    keystone,
    Here’s another one.

74. #74
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 am, WarEagle82 said:

    I bet that “evil fascist oppressor” gave the poor kid candy with actual sugar in it before he left.

75. #75
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 11:08 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    WarEagle82,
    Good one.

76. #76
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 am, GraniteMan said:

    As I kept looking at the photo something kept nagging me and I remebered back, so many years ago, walking barefoot on hot surface. His feet are getting a respite from the hot desert sand. Not only is there trust here but also service to one’s fellow man. One picture = Billion words

77. #77
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Thanks for the tears keystone and 30. Tears of joy.

78. #78
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    you got it, soap.

79. #79
    On July 2nd, 2008 at 5:42 pm, Yashmak said:

    I forwarded this picture as part of an emailed response to that Satullo editorialist at the Philly Enquirer.

    He noted that since 9/11, we’ve made thousands of new enemies. This photo is graphic evidence that in that same time, we’ve made hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of new friends.

80. #80
    On July 3rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm, MtsEdge said:

    What parent can see this picture and not be touched? Good caption, “Trust.” This pic epitomizes what so many of us have experienced with our own children, and if you work with small children you know what I’m talking about, too.

81. #81
    On July 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm, MtsEdge said:

    Keystone and 30, thanks for the pics.

    30, what a touching story. Thank God for our military and their compassion and kindness!! I pray that this little girl will find a loving home. May God bless her and Sgt. Gephardt, and GOD BLESS THE USA!

    *tears*