Lindsay's Lounge

Georgia Steps Up To the Plate

                Georgia breeds heroes. In the war with Iraq we already have many heroes in this war. Out of  the thousands of personnel Georgia has in Iraq there has been an abundanceof people making headlines .We have got several milatary bases. The people that train there and work there we consider Georgians. So when anything happens to these people good or bad we weep or rejoice. We unfortunateley had several losses of our fine inj the past weeks. But we have also had stories and statements and testimonials in the battlefield that say Georgian troops are among the best

                 As an example Capt. Chris Carter (from OconeeCt. G.A.)was in a firefight with Iraqi solders. While driving his defense vehicle he saw a women caught in the crossfire on a bridge. He jumped out of the truck to bravely sheild the wounded Iraqi woman caught in the crossfire.

                   As Georgians and Americans we are proud and support our fellow Americans in their effort. It's unfortunate that Georgia has greater losses than most states of their fine men and women.

    BY: LINDSAY G 

              

A Picture Worth a thousands Words

   What if a picture was worth a thousand words? The picture I just saw from U.S. News and World Report  shows two dead Iraqi soldiers lying in a trench with a white flag next to them. What thousand words does this picture tell? The caption said "Dead Iraqi troops in a trench that was overrun by British Marines as they took control of the Al Faw Peninsula".

        What was the white flag for!? The white flag is a symbol of surrender.People displaying a white flag should not be fired upon or attacked.

         In Iraq the caption could have easily said, "This was murder under a flag of truce. The soldiers were trying to surrender but were killed anyway." In the U.S. the caption might say, "White flag used as bit to draw troops close enought to kill. " Or after a heavy artillery raid and two fellow soldiers were killed and the rest of the men gave up with the white flag. Another possibility could be that they were ready to give up to the first American troops, but they were shelled before they had a chance to even see somone to surrender to.

          This war is showing us more pictures than any other war in history , but from whose point of view???? Each picture tells a story ,it's the one taking the picture that starts the story. The other 999 words are from those who see it.