How weird. Surreal. I go from the Iraq Body Count webpage directly to the Jigzone puzzle page. Maybe that is the reason that this terrible war has failed to connect with most of us. Our lives haven’t been disrupted; not like a ‘real war’ would change things. Our big worries are the cost of gas and the loss of equity value in our houses. The deaths, military and civilian, are abstract. And it is meant to be that way. This administration doesn’t want us to see the horror of it. There are no photos of coffins arriving back in
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Illusions
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Got the same feeling this morning after I read this column in the paper http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0913montini0913.html
ReplyDeleteI need to start looking for some of the items in need by our troops.
I can't believe they need t-shirts and other items you would think the armed forces could provide.
We are so insulated from the horror. Think what public opinion would be if every single person personally knew someone over there or if we saw news from that area. Katie Couric in a flak jacket surrounded by private security is not a view of the war.
...Or when that senator went 'shopping' in Baghdad. How did his handlers ever let that happen?
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