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A U.S. soldier broke down in tears after three badly burned Iraqi children were turned away from military medical care. Another soldier knelt beside him and held him as he cried. The photograph was taken on June 13, 2003, at a U.S. military base in Balad, Iraq. Sgt. David J. Borell had been approached by an Iraqi father desperately seeking help for his three injured children. The children, aged 10 and 11, had suffered painful burns after encountering explosive material left behind by the war. Their father had already taken them to a local hospital, but the facility was unable to treat them. Hoping for help, he brought them to the nearby U.S. military base. Borell immediately called for medical assistance. About an hour later, two Army doctors arrived but declined to treat the children. According to the Associated Press, military officials explained that the children's injuries did not meet the criteria for treatment under the rules then in place. Borell was devastated. He had children of his own back home in Ohio, and seeing the injured Iraqi children reminded him of his daughters. He pleaded for the doctors to provide at least some comfort care. When that request was unsuccessful, he gave the father bandages and supplies from his personal first-aid kit. Overwhelmed by what he had witnessed, Borell broke down. His fellow soldier and hometown friend, Sgt. 1st Class Brian Pacholski, knelt in front of him and held him as he cried. Associated Press photographer Victor R. Caivano captured that moment. The photograph traveled around the world, revealing a deeply human side of war that is rarely seen in images of military operations. The children's father took them to Baghdad the following day for treatment. Borell later spoke publicly about the encounter, questioning how children in such visible pain could be turned away when medical help was so close. More than two decades later, the photograph remains a powerful reminder that the suffering caused by war extends far beyond the battlefield. Sometimes the most devastating moments come from witnessing another person's pain and being unable to do enough to help. Sources: Associated Press, Donna Abu-Nasr, June 2003; The Toledo Blade, June 2003. When injured children arrive at a military base seeking help, what responsibility should its medical teams have to provide care?
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David Eby is an idiot, and so is everyone that voted for the BC Conservative Party. If you voted Conservative in this election, you have sentenced us to at least 4 years of social program cuts, health care cuts, the further marginalization of POC and LGBTQ+ communities. NONE of these cuts will save you any money, they will actually end up costing you money. So congrats, you gave the party that only cares about old Cis white men your vote, because of some nebulous need for to change. News flash, idiots: THE COST OF LIVING IS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNEMENT. God, you are so stupid
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Albertans are struggling to afford groceries, rent, and the general luxury of being alive, and our premier is out here fighting DEI like it's the reason a bag of groceries costs $90. Meanwhile, immigrants are somehow simultaneously stealing all our jobs AND refusing to work while living off taxpayer money. Schrödinger's immigrant, both employed and unemployed, depending on which argument is more convenient. At some point, you have to wonder whether all this outrage is just a convenient distraction from a government that has some serious explaining to do about its spending, priorities, and competence. Because it's a lot easier to convince people their neighbour is the problem than to explain why their quality of life isn't improving. Maybe instead of constantly giving Albertans someone new to blame, this government could try giving them something to show for their tax dollars. Stop accepting scapegoats as government policy and demand more from your governmen
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