Last night, my friend Threv had his friend Spc. Duncan Brennan on his radio show to discuss some of his impressions of the ongoing war in Iraq, a war from which he has recently returned. Between his comments and this gallery of photos Spc. Brennan is sharing on Smugmug, I was particularly moved… He captures humanity in this conflict that the politicians and journalists do not present. His pictures of the children of Iraq brought me to tears.
I lost a friend from high school to this war, Steve. We were very close during school, but after I left and he went into the army, we didn’t particularly stay in touch. For him to be so close to ending his deployment and returning to his wife and three children before losing his life is heart-breaking to me.
As is mentioned during the radio show, we should all try to remember to support the men and women serving in uniform regardless of our opinion of the war itself. It is becoming more and more obvious to the world that there is no easy way out of this quagmire, but we can all support some solution that will put an end to the killing, so no more children have to lose their parents and no more parents have to lose their children.