Posted on 02/03/2005 12:42:22 PM PST by hard_rocker1232
The observant will have noticed that we hear little from the troops in Iraq and see almost nothing of the wounded. Why, one might wonder, does not CNN put an enlisted Marine before a camera and, for 15 minutes without editing, let him say what he thinks? Is he not an adult and a citizen? Is he not engaged in important events on our behalf?
Sound political reasons exist. Soldiers are a risk PR-wise, the wounded a liability. No one can tell what they might say, and conspicuous dismemberment is bad for recruiting. An enlisted man in front of a camera is dangerous. He could wreck the governmental spin apparatus in five minutes. It is better to keep soldiers discreetly out of sight.
So we do not see much of the casualties, ours or theirs. Yet they are there, somewhere, with missing legs, blind, becoming accustomed to groping at things in their new darkness, learning to use the wheelchairs that will be theirs for 50 years. Some face worse fates than others. Quadriplegics will be warehoused in VA hospitals where nurses will turn them at intervals, like hamburgers, to prevent bedsores. Friends and relatives will soon forget them. Suicide will be a frequent thought. The less damaged will get around.
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Oh, I see.
"Principled".
Euphemism these days for 'true conservative' and 'collaborates with leftists to make a point.'
Also means 'voted for john kerry because the President isn't pure enough in his views.'
I do know what a milblogger is, and I have read them, both pro-war and anti (though mostly pro). But they are not covered by the mainstream media. How many people actually do hear them? Very few. I would personally rather hear from them than any talking head any day of the week.
How many people actually hear from them?
You said "Very few".
Do you even know what you are talkign about?
I already told you that a good portion of FR is currently servin, already have served, or are signing up.
Or was that fact inconvenient for you?
1st day?
welcome...
"Oh, I see.
"Principled".
Euphemism these days for 'true conservative' and 'collaborates with leftists to make a point.'
Also means 'voted for john kerry because the President isn't pure enough in his views.'"
What? Principled conservatives would not vote for Kerry precisely because their principles forbid it. Where did you get that from? But it does mean that principled conservatives don't vote straight ticket Republican either. We don't comprimise for polticical expediancy. If a candidite is pro-choice, it does not matter what his party is, I will not vote for him. What matters is what a politician does, not what party he is with.
Cronkite-along with the vast majority of the upper echelon, mainstream press corps-have never expressed even the slightest interest in a factual recounting of the events that they are responsible for reporting.
They work their way backwards. First arriving at a politically palatable judgment, and then shoehorning in the "facts" in order to fit their pre-existing biases.
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BUH BYE!!!!!!
Right. And I'm Hunter Thompson.
Didn't last long did ya Rock_head?
Insurgent troll
Wonder how he knew of Russell Kirk, tho? Kirk was prominent in the 50's and 60's, not the 40's.
I got squirrels in my yard smarter than you.
I have to admit, they're not as persistent as you, just smarter.
My brother is serving in Iraq right now, a Cpt. in the 1st Cav. I hear from him alomost every other week. He tells how is, and it's not this msm crap we are getting all the time.
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