A statue of compassion in Iraq

The following is from the Oregon Magazine. I decided to share the whole thing and hope the poster does not mind but it is just so powerful to me it seemed wrong to cut it. I want you to read what it says and then read more from me after.

E-RFD: A Soldier in Iraq
(sent to us by KB7RGX)

This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry diivision. It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort hood, TX. The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad. Kalat was so grateful for the American liberation of his country that he melted three heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to American soldiers both living and fallen..

He worked on this memorial night and day for several months. To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms.

How strange that this work of art has not been celebrated in our mainstream media.

http://oregonmag.com/ERFDIraqBronze309.html

Look at the picture. What do you see? Do you see your opposition to the occupation of Iraq or do you see human kindness? Do you see a child acting like a child without being politically correct or taking into account any kind of pain she may have felt in her own life as her country was being destroyed? Do you see an artist's skillful hands creating this tenderly with love as a human appreciating the depth of a soldiers pain when they kneel at a simple memorial?

This is what I see. I see humans caring about each other which too often is overlooked when mankind wages war. What makes us different is not as important in moments such as this when what makes us the same comes shining thru. There are many wonderful stories of Iraqis going above and beyond to help our troops and their own country at the same time others are doing horrible acts. There are many stories coming out of our troops doing wonderful things for the people of Iraq as well as horrible stories that happen in combat. There needs to be a balance of these stories, without politics, without supporting one position over another, but simply showing humans acting like humans. They are not numbers. They all have families and people that love them, and yes, even feel compassion for a human as a human.