levgre posted:
Do you personally go and read the biographies of each fallen soldier? I bet less than 1% of the people bitching about Whitney Houston do.
There is no ignoring of the casualties as you say, every time a soldier dies the story is covered, even if personal information isn't given out about each casualty.
There's no 'hoping' by the leaders that the casualties are ignored, at least in the Iraq War. Obama and previous presidents do what you say the media should be doing, they recognize and learn about the fallen soldiers. I doubt they'd give a rat's ass if biographies were given for each dead soldier. It could even help as people would realize how much most of the fallen soldiers enjoyed and loved serving in the military (well except for some of those who serve mainly to climb out of poverty).
Mourning isn't a competition. People mourn over Whitney Houston because they knew and cared about her. That doesn't mean all those people don't also care about US soldiers.
Do you personally go and read the biographies of each fallen soldier? I bet less than 1% of the people bitching about Whitney Houston do.
There is no ignoring of the casualties as you say, every time a soldier dies the story is covered, even if personal information isn't given out about each casualty.
There's no 'hoping' by the leaders that the casualties are ignored, at least in the Iraq War. Obama and previous presidents do what you say the media should be doing, they recognize and learn about the fallen soldiers. I doubt they'd give a rat's ass if biographies were given for each dead soldier. It could even help as people would realize how much most of the fallen soldiers enjoyed and loved serving in the military (well except for some of those who serve mainly to climb out of poverty).
Mourning isn't a competition. People mourn over Whitney Houston because they knew and cared about her. That doesn't mean all those people don't also care about US soldiers.
Whitney Houston was forgettable... frankly, right up till she died she HAD been forgotten by most.
That stream of flag covered corpses has been going for a long time and it damn well IS hoped to not be talked about. I would love to know more about each of those young men and women, but really what I'm getting at is that the wars our country have been in since 2003 have taken a backseat... by design.
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