The Impact Of The War On Me

The impact of the Iraq war on my particular family is not directly great. I do not have any family members overseas fighting in the war or enlisted in the military service. Unfortunately other families are not so lucky. Overall I followed the war at the beginning, however as the war progressed the reasons for being there became more and more corrupt. I can’t really justify any of the reasons we are given by the government for being there. Not that they are necessarily invalid, I feel they are but then again I am not the head of the country and I don’t know everything that is going on in the world. The main reason being the government restrictions on what we are allowed to hear regarding internal affairs.

Media coverage has affected me very little over the war. I remember when it first started I used to sit there and watch the news. Almost all of the coverage was on the bombings and the most recent death toll. The American forces were always seen or talked about. At this point I have noticed that the American forces coverage has been almost completely removed from the news. They cover car bombings and terrorist attacks. I feel this is partially due to the American culture. We as a country want to see the latest and greatest action. Most of the time this is not particularly good. We want to see death and gore. Where when the war started we wanted to see what was going on with our troops overseas. We wanted to feel like we were part of the action. This no longer exists because to most Americans the action is over now it is a time of rebuilding. However we still have troops dying, we still have our loved ones risking their lives for our safety and well-being.

In a typical day I don’t really watch the news. I’m pulling the card of an apathetic college student. Not that I don’t care, I do, but I am completely fed up with the bush administration and I cant really take any more of him and his ridiculous grin and smart ass comments. It’s a bad sign when the President of the United States, a person whom we are supposed to look up to and respect is booed as he throws out the first pitch of the Washington Nationals home opener.