rolmops
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This evening I was made aware of the fact that after well over a thousand dead and more that 8000 wounded,many with lifelong disabilities, we are shown very little if anything about these war casualties.They are very carefully kept out of the news.The life of these soldiers before they were wounded or killed was not a secret.Now that they are wounded or dead,all of a sudden we are no longer allowed to see them.<br />Although I strongly disagree with this policy of not allowing the american people to see the price that many have paid for serving this nation, I do believe that this goes well beyond politics.<br />These casualties of war and now politics deserve better.Please send a card, or flowers, or books with a thank you note to either the family of a fallen soldier or to a wounded one.Now that they need our support on an individual bases we should not let them down or make them feel that they are forgotten.
BTW, I'm not convinced of this being so hushed, really. What were you expecting? <br /><br />I haven't watched the networks for a number of years, so I can't say what is or isn't shown. I haven't trusted the networks to be fair and unbiased for a long while, since they only show what they think will gain ratings or support their personal agenda. (Anyone care to deny that in light of Dan Blather? He's just the one who had let his irrational hate of conservative philosophy blind himself so bad that he took the one step too far and thus got caught) Networks do what they want with no regard for the country as a whole, or even the truth for that matter. It is all about money, power, and influence. It is creative editorialism, no longer journalism. The media sees it self as elite, and partnering with much of higher education they hope to re-engineer our society into some utopia. I guess they see that as their only option since they have chosen to write off faith in God as any sort of force for positive change. I'm sure everyone realizes things could go better in society. The media would be the first to whine to the people if anyone from the government kept them away from a story. They would be in court immediately to demand access if there was anything they wanted. And some looney judge would give them what they want, too, even if there was damage done to someone in the process.<br /><br />I do listen to the radio a bit, (no, not much conservative talk radio, really; maybe 10% of what I listen to. My radio time totals around 100 minutes a day M-F while driving, so I hear network radio news as much as I hear anything conservative) I also catch a couple newspapers online every day. I have seen/heard some, although not a lot of coverage on this. I think a lot of it is handled by the local media, which is entirely appropriate. How they cover this is, of course is the media's call. (We don't hear THAT much about domestic crime, either, which is FAR more prevalent, I might add. Who is complaining about that?) Maybe the national media can't get many interviews because so many who've gone over there seem to distrust the media so much? I sure wouldn't be very cooperative with the national media if I just had my leg blown off or just lost a buddy. Too often the media was who gave away valuable intelligence in the early battles (especially in the first Gulf war), just by reporting where they were so everyone in the world could figure out what we were doing. Not smart at all. <br /><br />If there wasn't such division in this country right now- engineered by the far left and their media minions IMHO, maybe this whole conflict might have been over by now. A stronger, tougher show of force up front (which the left is so squeamish about regardless of validity of cause or need) would tend to convince many middle-eastern people right away that this terrorism foolishness wouldn't be worth it. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.... Or at least treat the disease early and aggressively if you wish to avoid a chronic case of it. Too slow and gentle will be more costly and destructive in the end. So who should really be "sharing" the "blame" then? Those who drug their feet at every opportunity!<br /><br />Had we just been willing to take care of business and keep aggressively cleaning up the hotspots the net result could well have been significantly lower loss of life and injury over all, on both sides. Does the left want less bloodshed or more? Are they really so out of touch that they really think if we go be nice to the terrorists that they'll decide to play fair and be nice back? Jimmy Carter sure seem to still think so. He seems like a very slow learner for such an intelligent man. He means well, but has been proven wrong so many times. And all his friends on Capitol Hill today are just as naive (or blind, or could there even be some bizarre ulterior motive somehow?), but do not have anywhere near the integrity Mr. Carter has, however misguided he may be.<br /><br />If England had kept trying to appease Hitler the way we're trying to appease terrorism then they'd probably be speaking German to this day. It took Churchill to stand up to Hitler, and he had his critics. Now Pres. Bush is standing up to the terrorism which is even more virulent and contagious. Just not as organized, fortunately.(Yet) I don't think Chamberlain played the spoiled brat role during WW2 the way the left has with my president. Britain finally rallied. Will we? We have forgotten 9-11, and think of terrorism as something which only happens in the middle east. Not! Division equals weakness. Weakness invites terrorism. It may have fermented to ripeness eventually anyway, but I can't help believe that 8 years of Clinton policy didn't help set the stage for this. For the life of me I can't figure out why (except for the first amendment applying equally to the twisted as to the good & decent) Kerry is not declared a traitor for spearheading this terrible division within our land. The result will be more death and destruction, not less from his efforts. If elected, our burdens now will seem mild in comparison. (Can you spell TAXES, boys and girls? Can you say "economy gone bad, but others blamed"? Can you say both "extreme" and "inept"?) Indeed, as was correctly pointed out in another thread, this splintering of our fiber was predicted by our founding fathers. They had immense insight, and saw that eventually we might decay from a republic to the form of a weak pure democracy which willingly sacrifices liberty for what is merely "expedient". Where went our backbone, our commitment to Truth, and to individual responsibility?<br /><br />Ironic how we seem to keep forgetting hundreds of thousands of lives WERE saved, if not millions, because Sadam is now behind bars. So much for the humanitarianism of the left. They keep proving that all they really want is a good photo-op where we deliver some food and medicine. Just so long as they don't have to really get dirty or really associate with those who they pretend to care about. (I speak of the politically motivated, not about those who are liberal yet are sincere about truly helping others as evidenced by what they have actually done in their life without fanfare- much more than merely writing a paltry check or signing a petition) But the politically/selfishly minded appear to outnumber the sincere among the real left these days. <br /><br />Ancients long ago wrote that a house divided against itself cannot stand. I sure hope & pray that America wakes up enough to take out more of the trash in Congress instead of allowing the White House to once again become soiled after we spent four years cleaning up the tarnish that was left from the previous eight. Four years cleaning while under constant attack from within as well as outside the nation, I might add. There is absolutely nothing patriotic about the self-righteous, self centered, arrogant elitism as displayed by certain New England senators and too many others of a like mind who redefine truth as easily and frequently as I change my socks. And my day old socks smell better!<br /><br />All the while the utterly corrupt UN criticizes us for unilaterally following through on their threats (required by their sanctions against Iraq), since certain Euro members and others were busy selling nuclear technology behind our backs and otherwise didn't want to get involved with anything other than making noise. How spineless and ineffective! The UN criticizes us for doing what it is supposed to be while the UN looks the other way as Islamic terrorists freely take our aid from the persecuted in the Sudan- and has for the past ten plus years with hardly anyone saying a word anywhere. Our own media suppressed this even. I have not heard anything in the mainstream press about this, although have been hearing of it and have seen a privately produced documentary several years ago. Many millions dead there, but who cares? They're just African christians and tribal groups, right? NOW who is racist? The UN has outlived its usefulness. If I were President the first thing I'd do is withdraw from the UN completely. Probably be the only good thing I'd accomplish, but it would be the first one. Without our massive funding the UN would evaporate overnight. <br /><br />Enough ranting. 