A photo of an Iraqi boy seen from a bullet-riddled mosque window

[Kadie]

An Iraqi boy is seen from a bullet-riddled window of Abi Ayoub al-Ansari mosque in northeast of Baghdad. US President George W. Bush said that Iraq faced "a moment of choosing" amid fears of civil war spurred by the bombing of a Shiite shrine but said he was hopeful about the country's future.(AFP/Ali Yussef)

[Swamp Rat]

1. poor child!

:cry:

[Kadie]

10. I can't get over the look in his eyes.

:cry:

[Selatius]

2. One day, he will learn how to hate people.

A war-torn environment is no place for children to grow up. He will grow up to hate Americans. If he is a Sunni, then his environment will teach him to hate Shi'ites. If he is a Shi'ite, then his environment will teach him to hate Sunnis.

[Dhalgren]

8. Don't worry, in Bush's Iraq he probably won't grow up....

:cry:

[FloridaPat]

3. 1200 year old mosque was destroyed this week. Not sure if that's

the same one the child is in. Real proud to be an american. Yes, * did a great thing. He certainly will go down in history. I wonder if there will be anything left in Iraq when they finally get "peace".

[LisaM]

4. What's this little boy supposed to CHOOSE?

How can someone be so checked out of reality at * seems to be?

Also, does the little boy's shirt say, "fun?" How ironic.

[Critters2]

5. Really great photo

Poignant.

What choices does he have?

[me b zola]

6. Poignant indeed.

His shirt says "fun", which is what children are supposed be having a lot of. I doubt that many Iraqi children have had much fun since the invasion & occupation.

This nightmere just gets worse & worse.

:cry:

[JuniperLea]

7. This breaks my heart

Once I became a mom, I became a mom to all children.


Dear God, please stop the warmongering criminal we call Bush.

[Nutmegger]

9. Wow...

This photo just hits me.

How can these thugs sleep at night?

How can there still be Repuke supporters??