Posted on 06/09/2006 4:53:34 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Photo of al-Zarqawi's head framed like a venerated image, or war trophy
WASHINGTON - The frame surrounding an image of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's head, revealed to the world as proof the terrorist is dead, is bizarre. When the picture was displayed at a U.S. military news briefing, Zarqawi's face was seen inside what appeared to be a professional photographic mat job, with a large frame, as if it were something one might preserve and hang on the wall next to other family portraits. One function of frames is to bound an image, and close down its open edges; frames delimit, both physically and by extension, metaphorically. But that was the last thing this frame was doing.
Even as the news was greeting a sleepy America, bursting forth on the morning talk programs and racing around the Internet, the meaning of Zarqawi's death was anything but closed. Virtually no one outside the Iraqi insurgency and other jihadists thought his death was a bad thing, though reports came in that members of Zarqawi's Jordanian family, who had publicly distanced themselves from the killer after he brought his violence to hotels in Amman, were grieving.
In this country, a familiar dynamic played out. Supporters of the war cheered, and criticized the war's opponents (by now a sizable majority of Americans) if they didn't cheer, too. More cautious voices broached the idea -- though at the peril of having their patriotism questioned -- that this may not be the desired turning point in the conflict. They reminded us that we had already seen similar photographs of Uday and Qusay, Saddam Hussein's dead sons, and that Saddam's capture was also supposed to be the beginning of the end of the mayhem.
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Who can I call to get a dozen wallet sized and an 8x10?
I'd never heard of him before, but Charlotte ripped him a new one two years ago. Good find!
Forgot to ping you (I think) to this bizarre performance.
I think you need a lesson in Freeper behavior. You know I never said any such thing. You are merely upset because I made them look foolish in some of the Haditha threads. I am sorry your feeling are hurt because I made you look foolish over your assumption of Marine guilt on Haditha. That does NOT excuse you making up things. Don't ever pull this crap again. Next time you talk to the Moderators.
Now jonny, you know you said these things yesterday, why change your tune today?
How laughable, patriotism is a four-letter word to most libs, why would they be concerned about something they spit on?
Little Tommy Daschle is deeply saddened...
Agree with your second point and disagree with your first. It's a custom frame job. Granted, I did not get a good closeup look at it, but the dimensions are not a standard size (unless standard sizes and proportions are completely different over there, which is always a possibility), and the mat is not only much wider than standard, but appears to be a linen wrap. That's usually done by hand, and takes a lot more time than dry-mounting a photo onto foam core.
It's also not a custon of the American armed forces to present these things framed. It's just not an American aesthetic for press releases and such. We tend toward clean lines and lack of competing backgrounds for those purposes.
Which brings me around to my main point, which is that we can be SURE that there are Shiites who would consider a photo of Zarqawi's corpse to be a work of art, one which was worth taking the frame off another pre-existing piece. It could have been hanging in a government office, or in a former Saddam palace.
I think it was either done by an Iraqi, or done for an Iraqi sensibility.
This guy sure spends a lot of time pondering implications and looking for portents.
Sometimes a frame is just a frame. I should know, I've put together enough of 'em.
Gee, can't understand why that would be ... [/sarc]
This poster is knowing making up things and claiming I said them. They are doing this because I embarrassed them by pointing out the problem with their rush to convict the Marines on Haditha. They know I did not say any such thing and are making things up to "Get even" with me. I asked them to stop this behavior and they are continuing it. I think they need a couple day vacation to teach them proper Freeper behavior.
Sucks when freepers lie about you, doesn't it.
It is a little astounding how far certain members of the press will stretch to find wrongdoing on the part of people who are actually working on their behalf. But there's nothing wrong with biting the hand that feeds you if that hand can't ever hit back.
It makes me wonder if they are flying flags at half-staff at ABC, NBC, ABC and CNN headquarters.
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