One of the reasons for the big stink about this (as i explained to my wife who is horrified at the casualties and prisoners) is that we hear about every detail in real time. 20 min after those granades were tossed into the tents in Camp Pennsylvania we heard about it. We saw the video of the pow's. People have never been so involved in a conflict through the media in any time in history as we have in this one. THere will be such a stick about casualties and the trama of hearing about soldiers dieing that people will never want America to go to war again (not that war is good in itself).
But what do you think happened in Nam and WWII. I heard that the roads to Berlin were covered in thick blood and grease from the bodies that were run over by tanks accidentally...Allied and Axis. There were hundreds of casualties in the Gulf War even though it only lasted a few weeks in reality. My point is that the world didn't hear about every little thing that happened in those conflicts as we do in this one. We have the best technology yet we still managed to shoot down one of our own planes. But you know what...that's what happens in war. No way to prevent it. The only change is that we hear about it 20 min later.
I for one am interested to see how the world will react to this war. Not because of the reasoning or causes but because of the new sense of reality. Things change when you see the grief-stricken faces of parents who were told they loss a son or a daughter just that afternoon and we see it on the evening news!
WWI was the "War to end all wars" yet i beleive this will be the "War to change all wars."
What do you think? Comments?
But what do you think happened in Nam and WWII. I heard that the roads to Berlin were covered in thick blood and grease from the bodies that were run over by tanks accidentally...Allied and Axis. There were hundreds of casualties in the Gulf War even though it only lasted a few weeks in reality. My point is that the world didn't hear about every little thing that happened in those conflicts as we do in this one. We have the best technology yet we still managed to shoot down one of our own planes. But you know what...that's what happens in war. No way to prevent it. The only change is that we hear about it 20 min later.
I for one am interested to see how the world will react to this war. Not because of the reasoning or causes but because of the new sense of reality. Things change when you see the grief-stricken faces of parents who were told they loss a son or a daughter just that afternoon and we see it on the evening news!
WWI was the "War to end all wars" yet i beleive this will be the "War to change all wars."
What do you think? Comments?
