American soldiers on Nytimes.com?

Question

Today New York Times has published in a single image all pixels of died soldiers since 2003 in Iraq.
In Italy this new has reached our important newspapers.
It was difficult today for us to see all faces of our lost American friends.
How have you reacted in front of this article in the website?
I think we can't forget. We mustn't forget.
God bless all our American friends.

Answer 1

I do not think most Americans have seen or heard about this.

It is sad but important.

I could only "click" on a few. Just broke my heart.The photos will cause people to talk, question, feel sad, pain and more.

I was a soldier in Vietnam, so I view things slowly now.

I do not know what their intentions were but it is now something most can see.

The American Army newspaper "Army Times" each week runs the photographs of all Army soldiers killed, so that should tell all that there is nothing wrong with what the NYT did.

In simple words: If my "Army family" show the faces well so can other newspapers.

In June 1969 "Life Magazine" in an issue showed all the Americans killed in Vietnam in one week; it caused much discussion. I was in Vietnam that week and well recall the photographs, some were in my unit. Trust this old soldier this will hurt some.

Thank you: Buona sera, Arrivederci

Answer 2

Sounds like the NY Times is (again) exploiting our dead soldiers in order to further their political agenda.

BTW - did they mention how many of those soldiers died because they printed the details of our IED countermeasures?

Answer 3

No we must not forget them ever. I think that showing the faces of the fallen soldiers is just a reminder to us all. It's not exploiting them...it's just saying don't forget us and don't let our deaths be in vain. Peace to all.....Keep the hope alive!

Answer 4

I think it is sad but you are right we must not forget them. God Bless them and their families. And I pray we can come home and stop the killing of our soldiers.

Answer 5

Who in the pit of hell decides what finally ends up in print...I'm starting to feel more concerned for their mental stability than for the adolescent agenda they're spewing.

The unwavering, debilitating repetition of the same headline over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over ... See? Other people can use repetition, too. What a concept!

And it’s gone beyond mind-numbing idiocy to what seems an effort to turn the tragic loss of these young people's live's into something almost comically boring. I feel for their families. To them, there’s nothing comical about it.

These men and women DIED. And you’re using that to further a political agenda too simple for a brain-damaged sloth. Please try some respect.

Respect that they served with full knowledge of the dangers.
Respect that they weren’t infants; they were just as aware of death as any of the rest of us.
Respect their families’ pride and love for them.
Respect that they sacrificed their lives for a purpose.
They knew the risks and they went.
And think of this: Many signed up after the news of Pat Tillman.

Your stories are stylized to imply that these troops will come to despise themselves in years to come.

Take a look at some Vietnam Facts:

91 percent of Vietnam veterans say they are glad they served

74 percent said they would serve again even knowing the outcome

I can imagine how your version of the war in the Asian theater would have read. Just a long list of numbers and names. Died for nothing. Useless as a wad of wild suicides.

Enough with numbers. We can count. Do these families the honor of telling the world why they didn't die in vain. Are you capable of that?

Answer 6

Thank you for sharing this.