this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgment
we have no sympathy for the devil
we acknowledge the power to act that is in us
cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.
images and poem below the fold
A Marine Honor Guard carries the casket of Marine Sgt. Maj. Joseph J. Ellis, of Ashland, Ohio, during funeral services at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. He was killed February 7th in Iraq’s Anbar Province west of Baghdad.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Marilyn Adams talks about the loss of her husband, Pennsylvania National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Brent Adams, while in the family room in Wexford, Pa., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007. ‘I’m torn,’ she said about the war in Iraq. ‘Should we finish the job? And then I go to the funerals of the local guys and I’m like, this is just stupid … I don’t think we’re going to finish it there. I don’t think there’s a finishing point. They’re getting more efficient at killing us, that’s a direct quote from the president.’
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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V. What The Thunder Said
from The Waste Land
by T. S. Eliot
After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
The shouting and the crying
Prison and palace and reverberation
Of thunder of spring over distant mountains
He who was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience
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