Pic of kitten w/ a soldier in one of our wars .

[alittlelark]

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/11/28/funny-pictures-saved-me-so-iz-watch-ovr-hims/

I don't know for a fact if it's real or photoshopped or whatever....
I found it on 'stumble' and it touched me.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

1. poor cat

poor human.....

Yep.. we need to stay the course. :eyes:

[Truthiness Inspector]

2. Nice pic n/t

[RoyGBiv]

3. That pic really gets me ...

There's another one from earlier in the war that's similar. Kitty found a friend, and the soldier is sheltering it during what looks like a firefight. I can't seem to find it anymore.

So much tragedy in this insanity, but moments like this remind us all that we do still have some basic descency.

[Muttocracy]

9. don't know if this is it but similar anyway:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=26813

[RoyGBiv]

10. !!!

"Adopted by the troops, the young cat provided warmth and companionship in an otherwise hostile environment. When the unit was attacked by mortar fire, Hammer ran to the bunkers, where the nearest soldier scooped him inside his body armor to wait out the attack."

I'm almost certain this must be the cat. Looks similar, but bigger. That is a precise description of scene of the pic I saw though.

Well, I dunno for sure if it is, but I'm going to let myself assume, because it has haunted me on and off what happened to the kitteh and its soldiers. If nothing else, at least one made it out.

Thank you. That made my night.

[jrandom421]

27. PFC Hammer did make it home

"WASHINGTON, April 24, 2004 – A tiger-striped Iraqi kitten that wiggled its way into the hearts of a U.S. Army unit has made its way to the United States, thanks to a host of volunteers and two animal welfare groups.

Pfc. Hammer, an Iraq-born cat that befriended soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, during their deployment in Iraq, arrives in San Francisco, Calif., enroute to his new home in Colorado.

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, dubbed the tiny ball of fur that wandered into their tent early last fall "Pfc. Hammer."

"He was born at the site," said Staff Sgt. Rick Bousfield. "There were two other kittens in the litter, but they ran away. He stayed and kept mice out of our living quarters and out of our dining facility."

Adopted by the troops, the young cat provided warmth and companionship in an otherwise hostile environment. When the unit was attacked by mortar fire, Hammer ran to the bunkers, where the nearest soldier scooped him inside his body armor to wait out the attack.

"He was like our stress therapist over there," Bousfield recalled. "You'd come in off raids where we'd been kicking in doors and guys would be sitting outside by themselves. He'd come over and take their minds off the war."

When Bousfield learned the unit was leaving Iraq to return to Fort Carson, Colo., he sent an e-mail asking for help to Alley Cat Allies, a national nonprofit clearinghouse for information on feral and stray cats, in Washington, D.C. The sergeant said he wanted to ensure his whole unit came home together, and that included Pfc. Hammer."

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=26813

Hammer's story is also featured in "Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul"

http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Soup-Cat-Lovers-Soul/dp/0757303323/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228714287&sr=8-1

[alittlelark]

11. I hope all the kitties that soldiers are attached to

get to come home w/ them as well.

That's a nice story!

[InvisibleTouch]

26. Check out these guys:

Baghdad Pups

They have rescued mostly dogs so far, but have also rescued some cats. Their efforts are well worth supporting.

[JPerk87]

4. hmmm...

how do we know that kitten isn't a spy??!!

[RoyGBiv]

6. Do not disparage the kitteh ...

This is clearly not basement cat nor one of its minions.

Welcome to DU!!!

:hi:

[wildflower]

18. I know ceiling cat, but who is basement cat?

[RoyGBiv]

19. Basement cat ...

... is the opposite of Ceiling Cat

[carlyhippy]

5. what a sweet pic, but it is also sad that both of them are in this mess in the first place

Carly

[elocs]

7. I must remember that this is DU and nothing can simply be appreciated--

it always requires some kind of political commentary. Oh well. Yes, it is a touching picture and I don't need to read anymore into to appreciate it for what it is.

[alittlelark]

8. I gave no political commentary.

I said it was A soldier in one of OUR wars - and it touched me.

How is that 'political commentary?

[elocs]

12. I never said "you" did. My comment related to some of the others. n/t

[alittlelark]

13. You responded to ME.

[roguevalley]

14. sweetie, sometimes the comments drop down farther than intended.

[elocs]

15. I responded to the original post of the thread rather than to individual ones.

So why not simply accept my explanation and let it go at that?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

21. Yep...

another "don't have an opinion" jab on a board meant for opinions. Like I said something really bad. :eyes:

[elocs]

22. You know, since you are absolutely determined to take offense where none was intended

I'll just put you on ignore and be done with you.

[apocalypsehow]

23. You forgot the other great DU tradition: no amount of clarifying counts when someone yearns to flame

I understood what you were getting at right away, but the OP is being willfully obtuse, and there's not much one can do about that.

[elocs]

30. You are right. "Willfully obtuse" certainly describes the attitude. n/t

[DainBramaged]

20. Thanks, that needed saying. Beauty is taken as ugliness here.

[defendandprotect]

16. You get a msg ...

You get a msg your post didn't go thru --- so you re-do it only to find

it did go thru . . . !!!

[defendandprotect]

17. Needing one another .... Animal-life is important to humans ...

as all Nature is --

[apocalypsehow]

24. Your thread and its cute pic is obviated by your apparent deliberate misunderstanding

of plain, vernacular English in your own thread.

You need to buy a clue, sport, or get an English tutor to help your through the illiterate times.

:thumbsdown:

[Hekate]

29. Try googling LOLCATS

That's right--> LOL+CATS

Hekate

[Lorien]

33. Er, click on the link in the OP "Sport"

to clear up YOUR misunderstanding of the pop culture phenomenon known as "LOL cats".

[Feron]

25. That is a sweet picture. n/t

[bluedawg12]

28. Sweet and sad.

[Luna_C_06]

31. So cute,

both of them :). Plus I have a kitten that looks exactly like that little fluff ball (hey, anyone looking for a kitten for Christmas? I got 3 of them!)

[Lilith Velkor]

32. Did you see the one today?

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/12/08/funny-pictures-for-to-come-home-soon