Thursday, June 15, 2006

Iraq's War Porn

Iraq's War Porn

By David Swanson, Tomdispatch.com. Posted June 15, 2006.


We believe the war would end if the media showed more images of the human horrors in Iraq, yet we turn away when they're placed in front of us. Not anymore.

An artist should keep a human skull on the desk as a constant reminder of death, of the need to -- in the words of a currently popular country tune -- live like you were dying. A peace activist should keep a photo in his or her wallet of a small Iraqi child torn to pieces -- a constant reminder to live like others are dying...

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read the rest here: http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/37572/
click on every link to view the pics as the article progresses. this is the stuff that should be on the news every night.

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