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Originally Posted by powerclown
Back to the point: There is absolutely no excuse for a so-called prominent, responsible american newspaper to publish internet VIDEOS of american soldiers getting KIA.
Under any circumstances. Ever.
None.
Period.
End of story.
Wouldn't you say?
UNLESS, of course, you're an antiwar media empire pushing an antiwar sentiment.
Then it's cool.
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Have you seen the recent wave of Army commercials? There are two types: one is the clever, low income teen trying to talk their parents into lettting them join up. They make their convincing arguments about how the military will lead to great opportunities in stable and impressive careers and such, then it's the parent's turn! What will the parent say? Go to
www.goarmy.com to find out, apparently. The second type of commercial features someone flying a helicopter somewhere or testing a new type of super jet engine or working on a computer. No where do we see anyone in live battle or anything of the sort, they just portey it as an adventure with cool things to do and see and learn.
These are commercials. I expect that of commercials. They are there for the simple reason to sell a product, in this case to improve enrolment. They fudge and smudge the reality of military life in order to make it seem ideal, and because it's an advertisment, it can be biased and such.
The news is not commercials. The news isn't meant to have bias. The news is here to tell us what's going on. If thousands of soldiers are dying and tens of thousands are being injured, SOME of that has to leak through. When they, on very rare occasion, show military officers under fire or being injured or killed, they are showing what is actually happening. They are being honest. They aren't hiding the truth. When we vote and decide on who we want to command our military, we should be able to make an informed decision. We have a dishonest coward for a president, and a lot of people are drying because of it. Why hide that? To protect the secret of the Emperor's clothes.
It's not "anti-war sentiment", it's pro-soldier's lives sentiment. I don't want soldiers to die. I want them to live.
I want them to not be in a place where they don't belong, I want them to be home.
I want them to be able to do their job, protecting the US, effectively and efficiently.
I don't want them to die for nothing.
End of story, woudln't you say?
UNLESS, you're so blinded by partisanship that you place loyalty to a lying president over the lives of our troops.