War and Television\

I have definitely noticed how prevalent war is in the movies and on television. I definitely see more subtle references to the war in Iraq on television. It seems that almost every TV show has some kind of connection to Iraq, and sometimes, you do not even realize the connection because of how much the war in Iraq is in our lives. For example, I always used to watch a show on the WB called 7th Heaven. The storyline was about a minister and his wife who had 7 kids and every one of their kids dealt with every kind of problem that any viewer could relate to. Once the war in Iraq started, there were always different episodes with one of the kids friends having a parent who was fighting in Iraq, or some other connection. After a while, it becomes so common that they know someone in Iraq or someone who has been affected by the War in Iraq that the viewer does not even notice it. I think that this shows how the war has gone on so long, that now most people have either had a family member in Iraq, or know someone with a family member in Iraq.