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High Schooler Nails Reason for War

December 31, 2005 |

Mike Luckovich used the names of those soldiers who gave their lives in Iraq to create an anti-war image. It took a high school junior to come up with the 2,000 names to spell it out for the rest of the world as to why. Thanks to Danielle Ansley, 17 for her courage and time to do this. See her image on Luckovich’s site and the ensuing discussion. Her letter is quoted here for you to read. (H.T. to Michelle Malkin)

The first time I saw Mike Luckovich???s drawing of the word ???WHY????, made up of the names of 2,000 troops killed in Iraq, was when my mother was putting it up on our refrigerator. It bothered me that no one did a response showing how others feel. On Nov. 8, I got an updated list of the names of the war dead and started writing them, spelling out ???FREEDOM.??? Six days later, it was done. I only worked on it in my free time at school. It took me about 12 hours to get it done, so needless to say I devoted many of my classes to this, and stayed late after school to work on it. I didn???t take it home and show it to my mother until I had prints made. She and I have different views of things. She said that, as a mother, she didn???t like it that so many people have been killed. She was not happy when I placed my work next to Luckovich???s ???WHY???? on the fridge, but it hasn’t been taken down. I may seem as if I am too young to have an opinion on matters like these. I am not saying that my opinion is right, for an opinion is just that ??? someone???s views on something. But, like a child???s voice, an opinion is often not heard.


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  1. Theway2k on December 31, 2005 2:28 pm

    There is hope for America when her youth comprehend that “Freedom” is something to agressively protect. Freedom is not an opportunity to stick heads in the sand of appeasement in the hope that brutal agression will not knock on your door. God bless this 11th grader.

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