907 Boots Display in Boston for 907 Dead Soldiers in Iraq

[RamboLiberal]

Of the political displays around Boston, none was more poignant than the 907 boots on the ground in Copley Square.

Each boot was tagged with a name of a soldier killed in Bush/Halliburton's war in Iraq.

But as I heard James Carville say today in a red-meat speech not pre-approved by the DNC (hence, not toned down), John Kerry is a better man than Bush. Kerry could've been one of those boots on the ground, in a previous war, against a previous enemy.

Meanwhile, Bush was playing pool volleyball with "ambitious secretaries" then, and filling up entire parks with empty combat boots now.

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[Snoggera]

1. A strong statement

Thanks for posting.

[gratuitous]

2. I helped with that display in Charleston WV

It's quite moving. Of course, a couple of weeks ago, there were only 868 pairs of boots to put out on the plaza at the civic center.

Even though they aren't the actual boots (they've been donated for display by veterans), there's something quite poignant about looking at the empty boots, the simple name tag, and moving on to the next pair.

[faithnotgreed]

3. thats an incredible display

[Scorpious_Maximus]

4. Display

This was in Providence, RI a couple of weeks ago.

Very moving.

[supernova]

5. Now that's an effective protest

Sad. Beautiful. Eloquent. :cry: