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To: Steel Wolf

In your opinion, do the troops resent the need to be so aware of the Media political correctness? If they do, is there concern that keeping the embeds and cameras with them, could damage morale to the point that the start to question if is worth it.

We here all of the time, the soldiers saying the "mission" is worth it, but if they see one of their own being court-martialed for something that each one of them might have been inclined to do out of caution, will they become too cautious. Or will they become less effective out of resentment?

I am curious, having never been in combat. My husband is a Vietnam veteran, but he doesn't talk about it. Besides, he said that he didn't have a camera following him around.


522 posted on 11/15/2004 7:53:07 PM PST by Txsleuth (Proud to be a Texan)
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To: Txsleuth
In your opinion, do the troops resent the need to be so aware of the Media political correctness? If they do, is there concern that keeping the embeds and cameras with them, could damage morale to the point that the start to question if is worth it.

I appreciate being held to a high standard, I note with satisfaction how unusual and rare outright misconduct is. I don't appreciate politically correct policies, because they prolongue problems and ultimately get people killed.

In many cases, holding absurdly high standards fails because anything less than perfection isn't good enough for the Europeans, and anything that could be seen as weakness by the Middle East breeds resistance. We should just be ourselves, which is firm, just, merciful, and swift. Trying to be less demeans us, and trying to be more is counterproductive.

552 posted on 11/15/2004 8:40:35 PM PST by Steel Wolf (There's only three kinds of people in this world...)
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