"This picture is posted for my niece, codename: BooBoo," writes blogger Major K. from his Baghdad location. "I got the boys from the Recon Platoon and wanted to show off the poster that she and the sixth graders that she mentored did for us." He and other milbloggers, mom bloggers, A-list bloggers, buddies, friends, relatives and allies with access to the internet and personal snapshots from the front are invited to share their pictures of everyday life in Iraq with the immense and influential Washington Post readership.
"Show the world your perspective on life in Iraq," goes a Washington Post invitation for snapshots from the front in Iraq:
In the coming weeks, The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com will publish a selection of photos of Americans in Iraq.
If you are an American on duty in Iraq, or the family or friend of someone serving there, The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com invite you to submit your photos of everyday life in the region. Pictures of American soldiers, other service members and civilians are welcome -- we want to give you the opportunity to show firsthand what it’s like to live and work in Iraq.
Win fame and fortune and show 'em what's really going on over there! Who knows? You may be "discovered" for your photographic talent. How to submit entries.
Makes me wonder why only Iraq? Why not Afghanistan too? Or have they decided we aren't fighting a war there anymore... Not that my son would take any pictures - but it's the principle of the thing for all our troops stationed there.
OTOH - it's likely better that they are being ignored rather than having lies told about them. *grin*
Posted by: Teresa | April 15, 2005 at 10:09 AM
Yeah, tell me about it. With some of the left-wing media drooling over the 'prison abuse', sometimes you wonder. Of course, it is better to tell all the truth overall, than what they choose to show to create a certain outcome.
God Bless your son in Afghanistan and I hope he his safe.
Posted by: andophiroxia | April 15, 2005 at 10:24 AM
Definitely better to be ignored than lied about.
Posted by: Sissy Willis | April 15, 2005 at 10:29 AM
This is great! I hope there is a good response to this - and that WaPo follows through on it.
There are few things that bug me more than a bunch of #(^&@% civilian hippies presuming to speak for me and my fellow servicemen/women/veterans with their idiotic "support the troops, bring them home" slogans.
I'm posting a link to this on my unit veterans' bulletin board.
Posted by: asher - Dreams Into Lightning | April 15, 2005 at 05:11 PM