"4000 dead milestone reached"
The words seem to echo through the cafeteria. The anchorman goes on with mock solemness, repeating the phrase and echoing how no progress is being made. A panel of "experts" comes on, and with smug self righteousness, explain how the conflict should never have been fought and how it is the fault of the current administration. The one dissenter on the panel, is quickly singled out and brow beaten into submission.
The temperature of the room drops. I glance at one of the soldiers sitting at the tables around me, his eyes locked on the television screen. Silence descends on the room, for a few seconds a pin drop would have been deafening. The muttering starts from the different tables.
"Are you kidding me?"
"Bet that guy has never seen the sand."
"Way to celebrate our deaths, bastards."
"Fuck them, they don't know a damn thing."
"Leave it to the media, nice to know how much they value us."
"Vultures."
Seems, a good many of the people actually doing their part don't hold a pessimistic view on Iraq. Then again they are not "Experts", they have only been there in the conflict. I find it sickening that the deaths of service members are being used for politics. How dare anyone tell them that their sacrifice has accomplished nothing. Damn all the politicians, experts, and reporters that try to cash in on the blood of these men and women.
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2 comments:
I don't like the way the media phrases this. A milestone is an achievement. 4000 dead soldiers is not an achievement. It's a tragedy.
I agree with the thought above. I heard a comment on the radio late last week saying that we have succeeded; that success has been achieved.
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