AP Photo - What US soldiers in Iraq think of the media

AP Photo ^

[saquin]

A U.S. soldier gestures to arriving media as he stands guard with his MK-19 grenade launcher outside of a children's hospital Saturday, July 26, 2003, in the city of Baqouba, 70 kms. north of Baghdad, Iraq. Earlier in the day three U.S. troops were killed and four injured after a grenade was tossed by a passing car into the front squre of the hospital. (AP Photo /Sergei Grits)

[saquin]

I might feel the same way if the only time the media came around was to descend like vultures after my fellow soldiers were killed.

[Texas_Jarhead]

hehe

[dighton]

Mile-wide grin.

[swheats]

Well said.

[Mo1]

Think the media will finally take a hint?

[EternalVigilance]

That soldier is an eloquent man.

He speaks for millions of us...

[Scott from the Left Coast]

'bout time someone dealt with them the way they deserve.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL! PING.

[Jay D. Dyson]

God bless that soldier for so eloquently stating the rest of America's feelings on the vulture culture that is the lamestream media.

-Jay

[TheSpottedOwl]

New desktop wallpaper :-D

[El Gato]

Give that man a medal!. That's the kind of spirit one likes to see! Especially where the media are concerned, now that the imbeds are mostly gone and the blow dried crowd has 'invaded'.

[Mo1]

PING

[Brad's Gramma]

Way to go!

[TomGuy]

I didn't realize Petey Jennings was on location in Bagdad.

lol...

[isom35]

his reaction would be different if it were Jennifer Eccelston or Laurie Dhue :)

[wafflehouse]

right on!

[bluefish]

Good pic. Saved it.

Question:

I always come across pics like this on FR. I will do a fast "Right Click" and save. Does anybody know of a program that would let me rapidly save a picture in the same manner, but add a note to it? I'd like to be able to associate a caption, source, title, etc. with pics that I capture, without it being a huge project.

[Radix]

That almost looks like my boy!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaa

[Chad Fairbanks]

My ex-soldier wife just told me "It's about goddamned time someone said what we are all thinking..."

[11B3]

Too bad he didn't just swing that Mk19 around on the presstitutes and expend some ammo on the enemy.

[GOPJ]

Good point:

I might feel the same way if the only time the media came around was to descend like vultures after my fellow soldiers were killed.

[hemogoblin]

A guy with a MK-19 grenade launcher and some kind of bazooka giving you the finger is something to, sort of, be careful of

[Britton J Wingfield]

Right-click on the saved file, select 'properties', then click on the summary tab. You can enter comments there.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the ping Snippy.

That's pretty much sums up my opinion of 905% of the media.

[CONSERVE]

I like it.

[Sacajaweau]

I like his attitude! I'll back him 100%.

[chudogg]

NICE!

[fella]

I want a MK-19! Why can't I have one? Waaaaaaaah!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Bless that man!!! (We're right there with you!!)

[EternalVigilance]

Perhaps we could start to call that 'the Media Salute'.

Whadaya think, my friend? ;-)

[EternalVigilance]

Just tell the clymers that it means 'you're number one'.

They're probably too dumb to know the difference! ;-)

[clintonh8r]

The media are showing themselves to be the America-haters we've always known they are. Their behavior is repulsive. The questions they ask are so uninformed that they constantly expose their ignorance of military operations and their disappointment in any progress the troops are making. Even Micklashefsky (I don't care how he spells it), who covers the Pentagon, was stupid enough to question whether "too much" firepower might have been used against the Hussein brothers. Hey, Jim! There's no such thing as too much firepower, idiot.

[krb]

I wish I could take that man out for a beer. It is rare that another person speaks so well for me.

[onyx]

Your post hits the bull's-eye, but I am nonetheless ROFLMAO!!!! (I don't care how he spells it)!!!! Too true! Neither do I.

[Arpege92]

I guess actions really do speak louder than words! LOVE IT!!!

[SkyPilot]

"Sgt. Ken Kozakiewicz, in this famous photo, you are wounded yourself, and then you just learned that the dead body in the zippered human remains bag in the helicopter was your best friend.---tell us......how did you Feeeeeellll?"

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Your comment reminded me of the American POWs at Cabanatuan who nicknamed one of the Japanese guards "Donald Duck". When the guard asked who Donald Duck was, they told him he was a "famous Hollywood movie star". He dug that pretty hard. : ) (Until he saw the real Donald Duck on one of their movie nights...then he went off.)

[EternalVigilance]

Great story.

But at least the Japanese guard had an excuse...he didn't understand English.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I'm not sure the middle finger is part of universal language, but I will happily volunteer to spell out its meaning to any member of the press who doesn't understand it. : )

[SkyPilot]

Katie's photo became a Red X---here she is again, all perky.....

[EternalVigilance]

My friend, if this isn't worth a mega-BUMP, I don't know that is! ;-)

[EternalVigilance]

LOL...you and alot of other people...

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Bump for a rebump, and pass the pic with link around to as many sites as possible.

[KDD]

great pic.

[Tall_Texan]

Is that actually the man's finger? It looks almost like that crop photo at the Kentucky Derby.

And I must say that there must quite a bit of arrogance in the press to release and publish this. What newspaper are they expecting will print this? It's clearly their way of trying to embarrass our men and women fighting overseas.

But if the picture is accurate, I guess this soldier has an entirely different concept for the term "embedded reporter".

[First Amendment]

I might feel the same way if the only time the media came around was to descend like vultures after my fellow soldiers were killed.

I feel that way right now and I'm not in the military. In fact, I've felt that way for some time now.

[First Amendment]

In that case, you have a very handsome son.

[First Amendment]

Perhaps we could start to call that 'the Media Salute'.

I LOVE IT!!!!!