This question may seem very obvious and one sided, but have a far more complex answer. The answer goes beyond politics and why the government says we should be there and that angry civilians say that we should not.
The face of war has endless sides since media coverage has come about. The media shows what the media wants the world to see of what is happening. Before media, what happens during war has not changed other than technologically giving us more capabilities and less casualties. The stress and damage to the civilians in the battlefield and the soldiers will occur regardless of any war; even the cold war left its scars upon the world.
Initially entering Iraq, the idea was to eliminate extremely dangerous weapons that now do not appear to either have never been there or are not there anymore. Everyone is still up in arms that we are there and no weapons were found. It would have been easier if we had, given what we did find. Who can argue that removing Saddam Hussein from power was a terrible this to bestow upon the world after finding the cruel deprivation and mistreating of his own people and the mass graves of his own people.
What would happen after the war that ended in thirty days, after the seizure of Saddam Hussein, may or may not have been expected. Thus begun a form of war more along a civil war. Half of the world will despise us for being there, the other half will despise us for leaving, so it is a no win situation.
Politics should have no matter in our involvement anymore. Our involvement from the start has been for the wellbeing of the people, both the Iraqis and the rest of the world. It is no longer shown by the media the good that has been done for the people in Iraq. Something does need to be done to end the situation or find some sort of resolution and create peace or at least some sort of stability. Those are the intentions. People think that it is as simple as "Okay guys you can come home now," and it is not that simple. These people need to watch the tributes that are made by soldiers for the soldiers, which paint a different picture than the general population sees and straight up say that the war is being portrayed the way the media wants it to be. I am not saying that horrible things are not happening in Iraq or that there is entirely no truth in what some people may say. It is not that they want to be there, they do not want to be there, they want more appreciation for what they are doing and support when they return for such victims of post traumatic stress and physical injuries.
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Since there hasn't been a true draft, do you think that the soldiers that chose to go over and fight in this war knew exactly what they would be going through?
Or do you think that the media "gently" described the details of what they forsaw the war to be (a little over four years ago)?
The soldiers that go over know what may possibly happen, but everyday is different. Its the long exposure to living in kill-mode then coming back to regular society when things start misfiring in the mind about things that they have done in battle and just the conditioning of it all.
The media goes by what sells, "If it bleeds, it leads." It was somewhat expected from what I can recall myself of media opinion that having to fight another war after the war against Saddam, but its obviously more extensive than what everyone expected.
Taking a step back from the war, if we were to analyze the media as a whole...they typically like to stir up the public's sanity by reporting what I consider negative stories.
Would the public rather hear a story about another crime that has occured in Philadelphia, or all of the diverse people that came together that completed a community project for Philly Clean-Up Day?
I think the media wants to make the public either upset or angry...or question why certain things occur in society. But if their intent is to stir us up in such a way, why do they never report anything that we can do about it?
I don't think they are reporting this war effectively.
I agree. Its all about money. Look through the news for Baltimore, and you'll see what goes beyond "negative" in the media. Im from Baltimore, the news is incredibly depressing, it is always someone was shot and killed or raped, or some out their incident that makes everyone not want to ever have to be in Baltimore.
Exactly! The media can really make a person forget about optimism and the good things in life.
I mean, I thought those two things exist. But I guess only things that the media reports exist. Because whatever the media reports is true. I wonder if the media reports sarcasm.
You know what I don't understand. Why is it that the only type of reporting that makes people actually do something active is when information about "the latest diet craze" is given.
I guess if they reported the things going on with the war as if it is some sort of life changing "big deal" (which in fact it is), then maybe people would do something about it.
People are cattle (literally and figuritively to the dieting thing) they follow whatever line forms. Alot like our generation and jumping in line to Bash President Bush. Most of us are just barely old enough to vote who are we to critisize to the extent some people our age (18ish) who have not experienced hardly anything of the real world yet.
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