Cluelessness: We All Want To End The Iraq War

My daughter put up something on her blog that has been floating around the Internet about the sacrifices our soldiers are making. I agree with the sentiments of it completely--but it strikes me as a bit too much of an emotional appeal for me to blog myself. However, it does expose one of the dangers of relying on an image that you don't control.

The picture that goes with:

You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He patrols the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.

was at the Texans for Peace website. I guess once they found out that someone was using this picture to make Americans sympathize with our soldiers, they had no choice but to replace it with a picture that just says, "END THE WAR IN IRAQ!"

Now, I could understand that they might be upset if they are getting lots of hits on their website from people using that picture--especially since their goal isn't to create sympathy for the soldiers, but to get them brought home. But removing the picture completely makes far more sense than putting up something so simplistic as "END THE WAR IN IRAQ!" Lots of us want to end the war in Iraq. Withdrawing U.S. forces, however, won't end the war in Iraq. It will just mean that the people that use piano wire to cut faces off and use power tools to torture Iraqis won't have anyone blocking their path to power.