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Originally Posted by powerclown
I think it helpful for those interested in Iraq to consider from time to time that there are, in fact, more productive things happening on a daily basis there, besides the doom and gloom of the Daily Suicide Bombing News Update, where the mantra of the media remains: "If it Bleeds, it Leads."
There is much more going on in Iraq besides Insurgency Terrorism; much that "Doesn't Bleed", and would make for less sensational - but more relevant - news to some.
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That seems like a very easy dismissal of rather significant violence. It's more relevant that X number of Iraqi's are cleaning up Falujah than X number of people have been killed since the new government was installed? Why is that more relevant?
In the sense of justice and freedom, I see very little difference between present-day Iraq and Saddam Iraq. The primary difference seems to be the change from 1 man deciding how everyone else should live (who gets resources and who does not) vs. a dozen or so men deciding how everyone else should live. Meanwhile, quality of life has decreased and shows no sign of increasing - less electricity, less water, less food, more random violence.
Sure, there are positive developments - considering the thousands and thousands of lives that have been ended and billions and billions of dollars that have been spent, I would be suprised if there were zero positive developments. But to equate these minimal and often questionable positive developments with any degree of success, return on investment or fulfillment of purpose is to quite pointedly ignore reality and trivialize suffering and death.
I agree, reality gets old after awhile. Lucky for probably all of us we don't have to experience it in Iraq first hand.