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Last night I was reading a newer issue of The Nation and came across a new segment in a series called War Is Personal.
This particular segment dealt with the traumatic head injury to Sgt. Jose Pequeno and how his mother was informed of his injury. It can be found at the below link:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080707/richards
The stories of other families and soldiers can be found at the link as well.
Below is a picture of Sgt. Jose Pequeno. While it is a very, very alarming photo to look at, the horror of the photo also reveals the love of a parent.
And I post it not to offend, but to bring this imagery where it should be: right in the face of Americans. As with PTSD, as Americans, we can no longer allow the horrors of war to be pushed into the dark so we have the good fortune to not see them. We must see them. We must have our faces ground right into these horrors, otherwise we are doomed to ignorance, apathy and comfortable disregard for what this country and its politicians do in our name to our fellow citizens.
Bless these wonderful people, their families and loved ones.
And while everyone is at it, go put on DB's Stranger and LISTEN to it. I don't mean hear it, but LISTEN to it. http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/images/RichardsPequeno.jpg
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Last night I was reading a newer issue of The Nation and came across a new segment in a series called War Is Personal.
This particular segment dealt with the traumatic head injury to Sgt. Jose Pequeno and how his mother was informed of his injury. It can be found at the below link:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080707/richards
The stories of other families and soldiers can be found at the link as well.
Below is a picture of Sgt. Jose Pequeno. While it is a very, very alarming photo to look at, the horror of the photo also reveals the love of a parent.
And I post it not to offend, but to bring this imagery where it should be: right in the face of Americans. As with PTSD, as Americans, we can no longer allow the horrors of war to be pushed into the dark so we have the good fortune to not see them. We must see them. We must have our faces ground right into these horrors, otherwise we are doomed to ignorance, apathy and comfortable disregard for what this country and its politicians do in our name to our fellow citizens.
Bless these wonderful people, their families and loved ones.
And while everyone is at it, go put on DB's Stranger and LISTEN to it. I don't mean hear it, but LISTEN to it. http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/images/RichardsPequeno.jpg
