October 9, 2009 For "Peace"

A man shouting for peace at the funeral of Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

A man is subdued as he shouts Peace now in the St Pauls Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome Monday Sept 21 2009 during the state funerals of six soldiers.

May 16, 2009 Photographer: Hugh Van Es | 1941-2009

Photos and excerpts from LA Times.

Hugh Van Es, a Dutch photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War and recorded the most famous image of the fall of Saigon in 1975 -- a group of people scaling a stairway to a CIA helicopter on a rooftop -- died Friday morning in Hong Kong, his wife said. He was 67.

July 2, 2008 Military Death Toll Rises in Afghanistan

Below, photo and text from a New York Times article. At first I thought the photo was of a mountain range among clouds, where the soldier is a rock/mountain formation. But no, it is a photo of America's military power.

David Guttenfelder/Associated Press: American marines fired at insurgents near Garmser in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan in May. About 32,000 American troops are in Afghanistan.

May 8, 2008 Iraq, A Peaceful War

Photos and text published by the BBC. Amazing how victorious and powerful the sniper looks whilst the reality of these "peace" wars have a much different face(s). How strong and powerful we feel when killing children and their future. Aren't we so great?
An Australian army sniper shows off his weapon during a training exercise north of Melbourne.
Lebanese children run past a militia gunman in Beirut as Hezbollah-led opposition supporters stage a second day of anti-government protests, as a political crisis escalates.
An Iraqi family look from the wreckage of their home in eastern Baghdad hit by an airstrike during clashes between Shia militiamen and Iraqi and US forces.