US Marine Doctor rushes through crossfire to save Iraqi Orphan!

[LordRaiden]

Doctor holding Iraqi orphan child.

Her parents and family were killed when a group of Iraqi paramilitary troups opened fire into a crowd of civilians that were standing between them and US marines in the area. :|

The Marine doctor in this picture was one of 3 soldiers that rushed out into the heart of the firefight to protect this child and anyone else that was still alive. While her entire family is dead, this child was saved. Hats off to the brave soldiers that rushed to save her and anyone else that they could that was wounded, but still alive, during the firefight regardless of the danger to themselves. They risked death to save this little girl.

All but 2 people and this little child were killed by the Iraqi paramilitary troups.

 

[Crimson]

Its too bad this kid will probably end up hating the United States.. but thats the type of people we are.. These heros went in to save people who probably hate them.

 

[JellyBaby]

Originally posted by: Crimson
Its too bad this kid will probably end up hating the United States.. but thats the type of people we are.. These heros went in to save people who probably hate them.

Well we did leave them hanging 10 years ago and I'm sure they haven't forgotten.

 

[LordRaiden]

Nope, not at all. Last time they trusted us on words alone. This time only actions will speak. They've had 10 years to sleep on what we did to them last time.

 

[Larvae]

Your comment here just earned you a permanant vacation for a couple of reasons.

1. You obviously can not read the rules
2. You do not possess a brain capable of intelligent thought.

AnandTech Moderator

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Larvae
what a dork he should have thrown a hand grenade at her . shell either end up becoming a terrorist or emigrating to the us

I hope that was an attempt at sacrasm:disgust: but even if it was it wasn't funny at all:|

CkG

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: Larvae
what a dork he should have thrown a hand grenade at her . shell either end up becoming a terrorist or emigrating to the us

Wow. I don't even know what to say to or about a person like you. Did you hide behind the door when they were handing out the humanity gene?

 

[UlricT]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Doctor holding Iraqi orphan child.

Her parents and family were killed when a group of Iraqi paramilitary troups opened fire into a crowd of civilians that were standing between them and US marines in the area. :|

The Marine doctor in this picture was one of 3 soldiers that rushed out into the heart of the firefight to protect this child and anyone else that was still alive. While her entire family is dead, this child was saved. Hats off to the brave soldiers that rushed to save her and anyone else that they could that was wounded, but still alive, during the firefight regardless of the danger to themselves. They risked death to save this little girl.

All but 2 people and this little child were killed by the Iraqi paramilitary troups.

You guys cannot recognise propoganda when you see it, can you?

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: UlricT

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Doctor holding Iraqi orphan child.

Her parents and family were killed when a group of Iraqi paramilitary troups opened fire into a crowd of civilians that were standing between them and US marines in the area. :|

The Marine doctor in this picture was one of 3 soldiers that rushed out into the heart of the firefight to protect this child and anyone else that was still alive. While her entire family is dead, this child was saved. Hats off to the brave soldiers that rushed to save her and anyone else that they could that was wounded, but still alive, during the firefight regardless of the danger to themselves. They risked death to save this little girl.

All but 2 people and this little child were killed by the Iraqi paramilitary troups.

You guys cannot recognise propoganda when you see it, can you?

I sure as hell can recognise an ass when I hear one!

This is just one more story/picture that will NEVER make the pages of Al jazeera.

 

[gplanet]

Caption contest for that photo!

My entry: "No more MREs for a few days!"

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Larvae
what a dork he should have thrown a hand grenade at her . shell either end up becoming a terrorist or emigrating to the us

I think the sane and rational people here can tell who the "dork" is.

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: UlricT

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Doctor holding Iraqi orphan child.

Her parents and family were killed when a group of Iraqi paramilitary troups opened fire into a crowd of civilians that were standing between them and US marines in the area. :|

The Marine doctor in this picture was one of 3 soldiers that rushed out into the heart of the firefight to protect this child and anyone else that was still alive. While her entire family is dead, this child was saved. Hats off to the brave soldiers that rushed to save her and anyone else that they could that was wounded, but still alive, during the firefight regardless of the danger to themselves. They risked death to save this little girl.

All but 2 people and this little child were killed by the Iraqi paramilitary troups.

You guys cannot recognise propoganda when you see it, can you?

Is it propaganda if it's a true story? Prove that it is false before you spew your own propaganda.

 

[Morph]

US soldiers = angels

Iraqi soldiers = devils

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Morph
US soldiers = angels

Iraqi soldiers = devils

Morph, you're finally catching on. Good boy.

 

[gopunk]

morph what is up with your sig? surely you know that who wins is not based on the total number of votes, but the electoral college system?

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Is it propaganda if it's a true story? Prove that it is false before you spew your own propaganda.

Errant US missiles have fallen in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. When a US missile goes off course and causes civilian damage the US response:

1) deny any knowledge of such an occurence: true typically but denies the fact the most likely candidate is a US munition (even high-tech)
2) deny any knowledge but give the caveat . . . the US does not target civilians: true (sort of) technically Saddam is the civilian leader of his government . . . high-ranking members of his government have been targeted during this conflict . . . hence anytime these civilians are located they are likely to be targeted.
3) blame the Iraqis for placing military hardware within civilian areas or civilians close to legitimate military targets: true but you cannot ignore the fact that we know it and choose to attack anyway.
4) acknowledge that it might have happened: this admission is typically followed by a littany of explanations about how infrequent such mistakes occur followed by the caveats under #2 and #3.

US authorities use Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to justify coalition criticisms of Saddam's regime and our rationale for invasion. We then issue wholesale denials of ANY claim they make towards the degree of humanitarian plight in Iraq. It's a hypocritical practice and pure propaganda. If we really wanted to provide water and food to southern Iraqis we could have brought it overland with the troops. It was not a primary goal . . . to be pretend otherwise exposes rank hypocrisy in the liberators.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

In sum, every compassionate act of US/UK troops SHOULD be broadcast as truth but it should NOT be tied to larger US actions. We didn't rush to Baghdad to feed Basra. At this point in time the US/UK can legitimately claim to hold the majority of southern Iraqi oil fields but no infrastructure for delivering potable water and sufficient food to southern Iraqis. Those are facts. The US/UK spin is securing Iraq's future . . . the Arab street would call it revealing our true intents.

No one can deny that Saddam is a ruthless POS . . . but the water was more potable (albeit still substandard) and the people had subsistence food while his Ba'ath brethren ran the show. The US/UK claim to run the show but have nothing but excuses for why the water quality has worsened and the flow of aid has been greatly reduced.

 

[Morph]

Originally posted by: gopunk
morph what is up with your sig? surely you know that who wins is not based on the total number of votes, but the electoral college system?

Yes, and surely you know that Bush lost the popular vote. Does it bother you that I remind you of that fact?

Surely you know that in a democracy, everyone's vote is supposed to count equally. Are you ok with the fact that the Electoral College subverted the democratic will of the people in 2000? I'm not.

 

[Thraxen]

^^^^

Sheer ignorance.

Where has the US denied any damage cause by their weapons in this war? They have either admitted the mistakes or said they were still unsure if it was their or not...I mean, why the hell should they claim if it was their if they don't know? Brought food with the troops? WTF? Think dammit. You can't have troops trying to haul truck loads of food across the country and fighting at the same time. Also, as soon as they left hundreds of Iraqis would be killed just for accepting the aid from the US if the same government was in power. Damn, man...

 

[Thraxen]

Are you ok with the fact that the Electoral College subverted the democratic will of the people in 2000?

Start a movement to change it.

 

[mechBgon]

The United States is a democratic republic, not a pure democracy. Ponder anew the names of our two main political parties...

 

[Sxotty]

Yeah ill start a movement to change it our election system is stupid.

 

[Isla]

I'm touched by the expression of sorrow on the man's face.

He saved her, yet what sort of world is he saving her for?

My hat goes off to the good doc.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

My hat goes off to the good doc.

Ditto . . . even Al Jazeera would be hard pressed to find a negative angle as a caption.

 

[CaptainBill]

Haha...morph...you think Gore would be the better man in times like these? Or would he most likely do what his predecessor did and just push things aside for the next administration to clean up?

Anyways...all this ridiculous propganda and conspiracy talk is getting on my nerves...if you think everything the government does and everything your country does is just a cover for "what really goes on that they don't want you to know about" then go join Peter Arnett over with his pals in Iraq.