Compassionate conservatism, Bush-style: Americans have never seen any of the [360] bodies returning from Iraq. Nor do they see the wounded cramming the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington or soldiers who say they are being treated inhumanely awaiting medical treatment at Fort Stewart, Ga.
In order to continue to sell an increasingly unpopular Iraqi invasion to the American people, President George W. Bush's administration sweeps the messy parts of war — the grieving families, the flag-draped coffins, the soldiers who have lost limbs — into a far corner of the nation's attic.
No war has ever been won without the loss of life. Loved ones die
and enemies die. The one with the most lives lost loses.
Posted by: Ruth in Houston | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 at 01:25 PM
um, never said different. But I have three questions for you:
1) why are we not allowed to see that death (is it because politicians don't believe we'll support the war if we are permitted to see the real costs)?
2) if we're interested in minimizing death, why aren't wecaring for our wounded?
3) So, if we kill 50,000 Iraqis and they kill 500 of our guys, we win? When is the tally taken to determine the winner?
Posted by: brooke | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 at 01:30 PM