Particularly Appropriate…

Considering the ‘holiday’…

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? OR WHERE THIS IS?

Answer below the break…

This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood , Texas . 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 America ‘s liberation of his country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen warriors.

Kalat 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 comrades in arms

Do you know why we don’t hear about this in the news? The media avoids it because it does not have the shock effect. But we can do something about it.

We can pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave military who are making a difference, especially on Memorial Day weekend…

 

Comments

Particularly Appropriate… — 12 Comments

  1. Thanks and bless our servicemen and their fallen comrades….

  2. Hey Old NFO;

    I remembered this story, it was a feel good story that was totally ignored by the media because it didn’t fit the narrative.

  3. I remember some early, brief references to this statue, but had forgotten about it. Thank YOU for remembering it, and remind US.

  4. Tam- Amen.

    LL- Thanks!

    Bob/Rev- Yes it was! Assholes…

    WSF- You and I both know it’s NOT that unusual… sigh

  5. Passed along.
    I don’t remember ever seeing/hearing about this.
    No surprise, I guess.
    Thank you for bringing it up.

  6. I love that statue. He was commisioned to do several of them.
    Paid.

  7. The others here said it so much better than I could.

    I’ll be on the Iowa all day Monday to assist with the ceremonies, “meet and greet”, and operate the radio gear.

    I always look forward to seeing older Veterans come aboard. As they come up the gangway they start walking a little straighter, they get a spring in their step, and they know they’re among friends.

    God bless all our troops, active, retired, and especially the fallen.

  8. I’d never heard of this or seen it. Thanks for sharing. I’ll have to ask hubby if he saw it during his visits to the “sandbox”.