I’ve gotten a copy of the al Jazeera video that depicts US prisoners of war, as well as some killed (or, executed) in action. I have found the Windows Media version and the Real video version. Picture here for the video impaired.
Earlier today, Rumsfeld chastised CNN for even thinking about airing the video. Of course, he indicates that displaying the video is a violation of parts of the Geneva convention. Rumsfeld determining matters of the Geneva Convention seems like the ultimate oxymoron to me.
For what possible good do I wish to show this?
I want you all to see what a “cakewalk” this war is not going to be. I want you all to see that the cost of our just war is not only Iraqi lives but, American lives too. I want Americans who think that this war is just another cool show on CNN that they can switch off when they are bored, to see that they are wrong. I can speak from experience that the cost of a political agenda is spent in human flesh and blood. I want people to see how fragile that human flesh and blood is.
What on earth makes people think that our technology, our might, and our numbers make us invincible? The construct in quite beyond me.
Expect more of the same. I’ll show the violence and bloodshed every chance I get.