COMPELS ME TO MAKE A SLIGHTLY BIZARRE ANALOGY. THE COST OF WHAT THE MEDIA REFERS TO AS THE CASUALTY COUNT IN "THE BUSH QUAGMIRE" IS STRANGLY REMINISCENT OF THE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES DRUM BEAT BY THE MEDIA TO STUR UP ANTI-WAR SENTIMENT.YES THE LOSS OF 2,457 LIVES OF OUR SERVICEMEN IS A HEART BREAKING REMINDER OF THE HORRORS OF WARS AND A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. BUT THE NUMBERS HAVE TO BE PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE.
DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT. WHICH WAS NEVER DECLARED A WAR, BECAUSE THAT WOULD STIFLE DISSENT AND MAKE SOME ANTI-WAR ELEMENTS SUBJECT TO TREASON AMONG OTHER REASONS. THERE WERE 58,178 MEN AND WOMEN KILLED WHILE WINNING THE "BATTLE" BEING FOUGHT AGAINST THE EVIL COMMUNISTS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA! HOWEVER, THIS TRULY WAS A QUAGMIRE CAUSED BY THE POLITICIANS WHO DECIDED OUR TROOPS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WIN!
BUT WHERE ARE THE ARTICLES BEING WRITTEN BY PULITZER PRIZE ASPIRING COLUMNISTS ABOUT THE OVER 84,000 ROAD "WARRIORS" KILLED ON AMERICAS HIGHWAYS IN 2004 AND 2005? PEOPLE DRIVING CARS, SUVS AND MOTORCYLES CREATED A GREATER SLAUGHTER OF HUMAN LIFE THAN BOTH VIETNAM AND IRAQ! WHY DON'T THE MEDIA, HILLARY, TEDDY , PELOSI AND COMPANY START TALKING ABOUT PULLING ALL THE CARS OFF THE ROADS BECAUSE OF THIS SLAUGHTER?
OF COURSE THIS WON'T HAPPEN, NOR SHOULD THE CONSTANT DRUM OF "NO VICTORY" CONTINUE TO BE PAGE ONE OF MAIN STREAM MEDIA!
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