Soldier in San Francisco, Thanksgiving 2010

He was in the San Francisco

airport on the day after

Thanksgiving, 2010 - on his way

back to Iraq for his third tour. Asked

about it, he said, "It's boring now,

which is good," and explained

that there were still bombs in

the dirt that could kill them, but that

the danger level was mostly

much lower than ever, and this

time he volunteered to return

"to be with my buddies." Asked

for his photo, he stared straight

and stoically; I took two photos,

and both were almost

identical.

 

I personally feel sending any

of our brave young men and

women overseas to fight

in Iraq or elsewhere is insane -

I hold onto a vision of a world

beyond war - and pray America

never again invades any

country.

 

But I have no animosity towards

the brave soldiers like this

man in his combat boots and

uniform in the airport.

Done