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An valid point made in Charley Reese's article for today on whether to
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Full article: - Ambivalence Of War
CharleyReese
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20030404/index.php
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-It is not the job of journalists to protect the sensitivities of people
or to participate in American propaganda. Those ugly pictures of young
Americans, their faces mutilated by bullets and shrapnel, are the true
face of war. That's what war is: death, mutilation and destruction. Why
hide from Americans what they wanted? The polls say 70 percent or more
support war. Well, you should be willing to look at what you support —
all of it, not just a censored, prettified version of
it.---
--Politicians start wars, and I no longer trust American
politicians to do the right thing. In fact, I'm 95 percent certain that
a majority of them will do the wrong thing. They waste precious American
lives and think they can get away with it by uttering that awful cliché
"our heart goes out to ..." What the hell does that mean? Whether your
heart goes out or stays in isn't going to the ease the pain of loss,
restore life or heal the mutilated. After you've sent young people to
war, it's too late to be sorry when they get killed.---
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