HALP US JON CARRY... & the wingnuts response.

[RC]

[zulchzulu]

1. I'd love to have a list of who those soldiers are...

...just to keep tabs to see if they are dead in the next months from this stupid fucking war...

I feel sorry for them.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Somebody earlier debunked this pic as photoshopped.

But I can't remember the poster's name, nor the thread title. It was in GD and it was referencing Drudge and this pic.

[Ignacio Upton]

4. I would love to see the original version if there is one

n/t.

[karlrschneider]

5. Hm. I heard on the local news at noon they identified them.

Said it was a real pic...
??

[Midlodemocrat]

6. I believe that someone remarked on the foliage, or lack thereof

along with the blurring of the paint on the sign.

I wish I could remember who posted it.

[PrimeRibGuy]

17. Yeah, it is real

They are a group of MN National Guardsmen stationed in Iraq.

That is what they just said on the local news here.

[Ian David]

7. You mean they photoshopped their boots back onto the right feet?

That's not meant as a slam against "the troops," but just those troops stupid enough to think George W. Bush is a real hero and that Kerry is a "Moran."

[wryter2000]

9. The thread got yanked

I don't know why. Warpy thought it was photoshopped. Others felt it was legit but not of soldiers in Iraq. Someone mentioned those trees are deciduous and don't grow in Iraq. IOW, it's some soldiers stateside. I do believe that Drudge's source didn't claim they were in Iraq.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Well, that certainly explains why I can't find it. Thanks.

The tree thing was the thing I remembered, but I had to return to my paying job and didn't check back until just now.

[DesertRat]

8. They are a National Guard unit from MN

8 National Guardsmen in the green zone don't speak for half a million troops....
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11022006/news/nationalnews/gis_drop_smart_bomb_on_kerry_nationalnews_todd_venezia_in_n_y____and_ian_bishop_in_washington.htm

[Midlodemocrat]

12. That article just confuses the issue more. If those trees

don't grow in Iraq?....

Weird. Thanks for the link.

[MGD]

13. These pictures were taken from Talil airbase in Iraq too. Note the trees.

[wryter2000]

16. Okay

I've been known to be wrong before. I know, that's hard to believe, but it's the truth. :)

[MGD]

18. I've actually been wrong at least twice today so don't feel bad.

:toast:

[pacalo]

3. Now something tells me that the story behind this involves

ambitions for promotions. Surely they deserve a pat on the back from Rummy & their chickenhawk-in-chief -- & perhaps a very ambitious platoon leader.

[ProSense]

10. That image is perfect! Thanks! n/t

[blm]

14. PLEASE start a thread with that picture.

I would love to see it spread.

[pacalo]

19. I just enlarged it a bit & will post now. :)

[bain_sidhe]

15. Hey! Those troops aren't so dumb...

after all, they knew better than to ask Bush for help!

**edited 'cause I came up with a better title!**

[Catchawave]

20. F**K....didn't think dU would post this photo....

Whelp...guess I'll just follow along now :headbang:

[Paladin]

21. I Had Such A Good Time With This Picture Today

It was sent to me at work by a far right-wing lady I used to work with. My response was as follows:


Dear________:

Just a gentle reminder---if John Kerry was president right now, those guys wouldn't be stuck in Iraq, we wouldn't owe China a trillion dollars, the National Guard would have arrived in flood-ravaged New Orleans before Sean Penn, and our Bill of Rights would still be intact.

All The Best,

____________


No reply from her, so far.....

[DesertRat]

22. I love it!

:toast:

[Justice]

23. someone told me about it, and I said, yes and 5 of our servicemen died in Iraq

yesterday - isn't it all just so funny.

[RC]

24. Excellent response

I am still appalled and saddened at how many people have so little concern for all the death and destruction our government is doing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Gotta keep those terrorists over there or they will follow us back here and overrun this country.
It's like bu$h jr doesn't know his geography and therefore the terrorist don't either... Wait a minute... That many be true. The real terrorists leaders are running the bu$h administration.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

25. Story in the local paper...

says that these guys are stationed at an airbase in southern Iraq.

My Suggestion: These guys need to be assigned to convoy duty in Anbar Province. I'm sure they'd still think this is all a big fucking joke after a few of them get killed.