Thursday, December 15, 2005

A Photo that says 25,000,000 words


Photo courtesy of DoD
Photo by Sgt. James P Aguilar, USMC

Iraqi voters line up outside a polling site in Barwana, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2005. Iraqi citizens are electing their first permanent parliamentary government, which will lead the new democracy for the next four years.

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AND IT WILL MAKE YOU PROUD THAT YOU STOOD WITH IRAQ. AND A TEAR MAY WELL UP IN YOUR EYE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TERRIBLE PRICE MANY HAD TO PAY TO SEE A PICTURE LIKE THIS. SOME MOTHERS AND FATHERS HAVE HAD TO BURY A SON OR DAUGHTER TO MAKE THIS THRILLING MOMENT POSSIBLE. I AM HUMBLED TO SEE THIS, AND LOVE MY COUNTRY MORE AND MORE EACH DAY. AND I WILL NOT FORGET THE RESOLVE OF TWO MEN, REAL MEN. TONY BLAIR AND GEORGE W. BUSH.

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