Thread: Price of war ...

It's Not Rude: These Portraits Of Wounded Vets Are Meant To Be Stared At : NPR

"Elizabeth Blair for NPR: "It's impolite to stare. But when it comes to severely injured soldiers, maybe we don't look enough; or maybe we'd rather not see wounded veterans at all. That's the message you get from photographer David Jay's Unknown Soldier series. Jay spent three years taking portraits of veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but before that — for nearly 20 years — he was a fashion photographer. His stylish, artful images appeared in magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan. He says, 'The fashion stuff is beautiful and sexy — and completely untrue.'"

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Those whose comrades were butchered should not be waving flags and indulging in misty-eyed patriotism, they should be asking what their friends really died for and how their deaths made the world a better place. Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, all stupid, pointless, dirty little wars that were fought for no good reason and achieved nothing except more pointless death and bloodshed.

Just 8 pictures in the link above. Seeing their mangled bodies and knowing today what was accomplished in Iraq and Afghanistan I have no problem saying, emphatically ... No, it wasn't worth it. The amount of money spent to fight the war and the amount of money that should be spent on disabled vets and especially severely disabled vets is too high of a price.

Real patriots, especially veterans, should stand up and denounce "dirty little wars that were fought for no good reason and achieved nothing except more pointless death and bloodshed".