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Choose your truth. You can choose Iraq = Vietnam, you can choose Iraq = WWII, you can choose Iraq = Total Failure, or Iraq = A Moral Duty, or you can accept that the truth probably lies somewhere inbetween.
War is never something you can say is going really well, when there are still people dying. But you can work to achieve what you set out to do as efficiently as possible.
As if war could get any uglier, add politics, and swallow it down with a healthy swig of media, it will burn your eyes and ears without ever stepping onto a battlefield. Some can't wait to hear bad news about the war, because being right is more important than doing right. Some will filter out the bad news and pretend that the war is a perfect score to a video game, because criticism means that you are evil.
First the sexiest thing to see on tv was bombs over baghdad, now the sexiest thing to see on tv is bombs over US soldiers.
There were two sides to the story every time. There always will be. The media is the worst weapon of mass destruction the world has ever seen.
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Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold.
-Son House, Death Letter Blues
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