United States 24 Iraq 7 - 3rd Quarter
Is anyone else annoyed with the fact that the media and American public seem to be treating the war in Iraq as a sporting event? I get the feeling the average American treats every new day of bombing as a new "game." I also get the feeling that many people don't want to be bothered with details of war strategy or stories of civilian deaths. They simply want to know the score. In other words, did we kill more today than they did and are we closer to tackling, ew-hem, I mean capturing Sadam Hussein. This bottom line way of thinking is apparent because our economy fluctuates depending on what news stories are reported the most that day. This is ridiculous. War is not a game. I know this is hard to take for many of you, especially if you like your war movies. If your sense of war comes from movies like Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot and Black Hawk Down you would think that the secret to winning a war is much like shredding a 3-4 defense in the NFL toward a winning touchdown. If you're going to be a conscious war observer, know a little more about it than the rising death count and how many kilometers the U.S. troops are away from the center of Baghdad.
Just Be Honest
The Bush administration would do itself a huge favor if they would just be honest about how things are coming along according to plans in Iraq. After Amercians got the sense that this was going to be a short war, I get the feeling that the Bush administration now feels it can no longer admit when things go wrong. Some people including Army general William Wallace have admitted that just one week into the war, they are already fighting a different war than they had planned for. However whenever Rumsfeld and Ari Fleisher take the stand all they are willing to say is that everything is going as planned. Bullshit. I don't believe that and I don't think most of the educated public believes that. I just want to tell GW that it's OK if we have a setback or two. Just admit it! After all this is the U.S. armed forces we're talking about, not the New York Yankees.
Is anyone else annoyed with the fact that the media and American public seem to be treating the war in Iraq as a sporting event? I get the feeling the average American treats every new day of bombing as a new "game." I also get the feeling that many people don't want to be bothered with details of war strategy or stories of civilian deaths. They simply want to know the score. In other words, did we kill more today than they did and are we closer to tackling, ew-hem, I mean capturing Sadam Hussein. This bottom line way of thinking is apparent because our economy fluctuates depending on what news stories are reported the most that day. This is ridiculous. War is not a game. I know this is hard to take for many of you, especially if you like your war movies. If your sense of war comes from movies like Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot and Black Hawk Down you would think that the secret to winning a war is much like shredding a 3-4 defense in the NFL toward a winning touchdown. If you're going to be a conscious war observer, know a little more about it than the rising death count and how many kilometers the U.S. troops are away from the center of Baghdad.
Just Be Honest
The Bush administration would do itself a huge favor if they would just be honest about how things are coming along according to plans in Iraq. After Amercians got the sense that this was going to be a short war, I get the feeling that the Bush administration now feels it can no longer admit when things go wrong. Some people including Army general William Wallace have admitted that just one week into the war, they are already fighting a different war than they had planned for. However whenever Rumsfeld and Ari Fleisher take the stand all they are willing to say is that everything is going as planned. Bullshit. I don't believe that and I don't think most of the educated public believes that. I just want to tell GW that it's OK if we have a setback or two. Just admit it! After all this is the U.S. armed forces we're talking about, not the New York Yankees.
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