the joyful side of war

“John Gebhardt’s wife, Mindy, said that this little girl’s entire family was executed. The insurgents intended to execute the little girl also, and shot her in the head…but they failed to kill her. She was cared for in John’s hospital and is healing up, but continues to cry and moan. The nurses said John is the only one who seems to calm her down, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both slept in that chair. The girl is coming along with her healing.

He is a real Star of the war, and represents what America is trying to do.This, my friends, is worth sharing with the WORLD! Go for it!! You’ll never see things like this in the news. Please keep this going. Nothing will happen if you don’t, but the American public needs to see pictures like this and needs to realize that what we’re doing over there is making a difference. Even if it is just one little girl at a time.

James Gates U. S. Navy"

no doubt in my mind that it sucks to be in the middle east during these times. as much as i dislike hearing about the the war, mainly because all the reports, criticism, and second-guessing is so negative, this picture is pretty tight. schilling posted the same thing on his blog at 38pitches.com. where it says "represent what America is trying to do," kinda bugs me though. there are many people being treated wrongly by rulers, only a few of which are by IED blasting Iraqi insurgents