A good question

Also like Andrew who posted below me. I had a great interest in joining a military academy. I had the application sent in as one of my first choice school, but due to medical reasons was not able to attend. I agree that the military brings one discipline and so many other skills that no other institution can offer. But I disagree that what the television represents with its commercial is all one big lie. In joining the military, one should know what they are getting involved in. Although the commercials, do not present the hardships of military. It does show that the military is not always what you hear and have seen about.

It does seem strange that in all these years we have been in Iraq, most Americans cannot answer the question: "why are we in Iraq" with confidence. The reason behind this can be seen because of different cause's. One being the media. As Gary had stated in his post. The perception of the war has been so convoluted because of how the media presents and the information they provide. Much of the public has lost interest or no longer have any reason to be interested in what is happening.

Looking at the actual question and why we may be in Iraq, from when we first began the war to what it has become to now. The media, my source of information has presented reasons from the discovery of weapons of mass destruction to building up a new government and stopping the dictatorship that had begun. We no longer know what the exact reason we are in Iraq anymore.