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2007-01-21 08:13:53 · 12 answers · asked by David G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
they don't like to publish the real news in the USA about what is happening in Iraq because almost all the news outlets are owned by conservatives that don't want the truth to be known.
2007-01-21 08:21:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
I'm not sure. Yes, it is a war, but when you start openly accepting deaths, like a few of the people above, there are definitely problems that need to be addressed. Half of the deaths today were a result of a chopper crash.
I honestly think that any soldier's death is newsworthy. Because, while 25 may not be a huge number, that 25 translates into 25 families losing a large part of their world. Imagine a parent, or worse yet a child, being blown up or shot to death in Iraq. It's horrible to think, and I think that any death in Iraq, Afghanistan, or any place else our troops are dying is newsworthy. It reminds all Americans what they are fighting for.
2007-01-21 16:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by amg503 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You must think Freedom is Free. I'll tell you from experience it is not. The Soldiers in our military today are all volunteer warriors. They know the possible cost to them when they take the oath to defend our country and our freedom, but they are WARRIORS. They have the best equipment and the most lethality of any military force in the world, and damn well know how to use it. I served in the Army for 20 years and then as a DA civilian for another 20. I served in Vietnam with the 101st and earned a Green Beret when I returned in 1968. I worked as a Force Protection Specialist before, during, and after 9/11. Now I am an old man, but I still have the warrior attitude, mentality and knowledge I have accrued throughout my life. There will always be those that want what we have or just want to kill us for what we are. We must have the balls to stop that from happening. The present casualties are sad but read below for what Freedom has cost us in the past. Rest assured, if I were a young man again, I would be in Iraq now. God bless our WARRIORS, and peace through fire superiority...
When some claim that President Bush shouldn't
have started this war, state the following:
a. FDR led us into World War II.
b. Germany never attacked us; Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost ...
an average of 112,500 per year.
c. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea
North Korea never attacked us.
From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost ...
an average of 18,334 per year.
d John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
Vietnam never attacked us.
e. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost ..
an average of 5,800 per year.
f. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent.
Bosnia never attacked us.
He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three
times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on
multiple occasions.
g. In the years since terrorists attacked us , President Bush
has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled
al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.
The Democrats are complaining
about how long the war is taking.
But
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno
to take the Branch Davidian compound.
That was a 51-day operation.
We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons
in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find
the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the
Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard
than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his
Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took
to count the votes in Florida !!!!
Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB!
The Military morale is high!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant
to realize the facts
But Wait .
There's more!
JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13
Some people still don't understand why military personnel
do what they do for a living. This exchange between
Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum
is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive
impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one
man's explanation of why men and women in the armed
services do what they do for a living.
This IS a typical, though sad, example of what
some who have never served think of the military.
Sen ator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
"How can you run for Senate
when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn (D-Ohio):
"I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps.
I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions.
My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different
occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my
checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was
not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the
daily cash receipts to the bank."
"I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day...
to a veteran's hospital and look those men ...
with their mangled bodies . in the eye, and tell THEM
they didn't hold a job!
You go with me to the Space Program at NASA
and go, as I have gone, to the widows and Orphans
of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee...
and you look those kids in the eye and tell them
that their DADS didn't hold a job.
You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in
Arlington National Cemetery , where I have more friends
buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch
those waving flags.
You stand there, and you think about this nation,
and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?
What about you?"
For those who don't remember ..
During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney
representing the Communist Party in the USA.
Now he's a Senator!
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran.
2007-01-21 16:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Now in retrospect the cost of the Iraq war in terms of lives has been immensely small sompared to just about any other war. Why don't people focus on drugs, drunk drivers, crime, or cancer which kill many many more people than the Iraq war. Not that I don't care for these people and teir families, but 25 people isn't very many at all.
2007-01-21 16:23:26 · answer #4 · answered by Ben B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
War casualites a big story? You're kidding me right? Half the people here would rather watch celebrity slugfests like Rosie vs. the Donald.
2007-01-21 16:20:22 · answer #5 · answered by Pete Schwetty 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
during the viet nam war...did they post the deaths every day like they are doing now...????? another thing...read up and see how long the southern insurrection lasted after the end of the civil war in america...4 years is hardly enough time to get a govt up and running in a previous dictatorial country...its not a tv show...its real life....
2007-01-21 16:17:36 · answer #6 · answered by badjanssen 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's a bad death toll, but most of it is really just one incident, the helicopter crash that killed all on board.
2007-01-21 16:20:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Death is always big news here.....maybe its time to see some GOOD NEWS
2007-01-21 16:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by PoliticallyIncorrect 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i haven't seen it anywhere.
but i do keep seeing lots of AP and CNN stories about Obama and Hillary and how perfect they are. guess when they ascend to the throne, we won't have to worry about that pesky little thing called death.
2007-01-21 16:21:19 · answer #9 · answered by political junkie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
...because it's Fair and Balanced. It must have time to dis the Democrats and 'chit-chat' about H. Clinton.
2007-01-21 16:22:43 · answer #10 · answered by ... 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋