I chose this picture of a British soldier in Basra, Iraq because it reminded me of an awesome series on TV called Generation Kill that simulated the Iraq War. This subject is of much interest to me and I support our efforts overseas.
The picture was done by Brian Walski, a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, and was tainted in a way that would show the troops in a aiding state as the photographer combined two photo's to suggest the troops were telling the people to move to cover. This was a positive thing to do for the sake of our nation as it projected good deads, as was intended when restructuring the picture, in Iraq and represented a peaceful nature in our troops. However, if it is truth you seek, this picture did more harm than good because it led many of our nation's citizens to believe that everything in Iraq was going smoothly, when it wasn't. It's amazing this would lead to Walski, of the L.A. Times, being fired for simply adding on to a picture of a lonesome soldier.
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