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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
Seeing stuff like that tends to turn off my emotions.
Not sure if that's a good thing.
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Speaking of turned off emotions...
There's a (relatively) famous picture from earlier in Afghanistan of a Special Forces Soldier, kneeling down wearing full kit. He's reaching out and handing something to a very young Afghan girl, standing there, barefoot and smiling...so happy she's has her tongue out touching her upper lip.
I had the photo blown up onto poster board and cut out couple years ago for my old office. Someone brought it in to me yesterday and I showed it around my new office. I couldn't believe the ambivalent reaction most had in my office to the picture. It's a powerful photo and speaks volumes about the character of of Soldiers and the mission and why we must succeed.
I naively expected people to at least acknowledge how cute the little girl was. Instead, the reaction was "Yeah, that's nice.
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Maybe I'm making something out of nothing, but it bothered me.
I think the photo was in Special Warfare Magazine a number of years ago if any one can track down the electrons for posting here...it's a great shot.