> Hiding Our War Dead. Italy Publicly Honors Its War Dead, America Hides Its Dead
23 March 2005, 10:40
This is nothing but left-wing propagandist diatribe. Since the number of Americans serving in Iraq is far greater than the number of Italians, and they are involved more in combat situations, the number of casualties is also greater. To have a "state" ceremony every time a U.S. serviceman dies would not be practical or prudent.
Furthermore, the reason why the administration here would not want the media concentrating on the casualties (rather than the overall success of the war) is because it only serves to stoke anti-war sentiment — much like the media did during the Vietnam War. During that time, it greatly (and negatively) affected the morale of our soldiers. Why would we want that to happen again?
Anyone who thinks that removing Sadaam from power via war was wrong and agrees with Ms. Hamburg’s assessment about hiding our dead is a hypocrite. Sadaam hid his dead — only they were not soldiers, they were ordinary citizens, women, and children. Are U.S. lives more important than the lives of those Sadaam was massacring simply because we are Americans?
The anti-war faction will say that the lives of our servicemen were wasted by a senseless war or a "war for oil". They will also say we killed women and children in the prosecution of the war. But they never admit that 1.) No modern war was ever conducted with greater attempt to avoid civilian casualties, 2.) The total number of lives lost in the prosecution of this war will never amount the number of dead racked up by Sadaam’s regime and 3.) The number of lives saved by this action is innumerable.
Ms. Hamburg’s attempt to belittle the Bush administration and subvert the war effort is ludicrous. Bill Clinton killed (American!) civilians in Waco, and then did nothing to bring to justice the parties behind the 1993 WTC bombing. The former incident proves he was incapable of making rational decisions regarding the use of force, and, eight years later, the later incident cost 3,000 more (mostly American) lives.
***Note: I try not to distinguish between "American" and "non-American" lives, but since the anti-war faction in this country seems preoccupied by how many lives "we" lose, rather than the total number of lives lost (or saved for that matter), I have used the label in parenthesis above to help them process the information given.
This is nothing but left-wing propagandist diatribe. Since the number of Americans serving in Iraq is far greater than the number of Italians, and they are involved more in combat situations, the number of casualties is also greater. To have a "state" ceremony every time a U.S. serviceman dies would not be practical or prudent.
Furthermore, the reason why the administration here would not want the media concentrating on the casualties (rather than the overall success of the war) is because it only serves to stoke anti-war sentiment — much like the media did during the Vietnam War. During that time, it greatly (and negatively) affected the morale of our soldiers. Why would we want that to happen again?
Anyone who thinks that removing Sadaam from power via war was wrong and agrees with Ms. Hamburg’s assessment about hiding our dead is a hypocrite. Sadaam hid his dead — only they were not soldiers, they were ordinary citizens, women, and children. Are U.S. lives more important than the lives of those Sadaam was massacring simply because we are Americans?
The anti-war faction will say that the lives of our servicemen were wasted by a senseless war or a "war for oil". They will also say we killed women and children in the prosecution of the war. But they never admit that 1.) No modern war was ever conducted with greater attempt to avoid civilian casualties, 2.) The total number of lives lost in the prosecution of this war will never amount the number of dead racked up by Sadaam’s regime and 3.) The number of lives saved by this action is innumerable.
Ms. Hamburg’s attempt to belittle the Bush administration and subvert the war effort is ludicrous. Bill Clinton killed (American!) civilians in Waco, and then did nothing to bring to justice the parties behind the 1993 WTC bombing. The former incident proves he was incapable of making rational decisions regarding the use of force, and, eight years later, the later incident cost 3,000 more (mostly American) lives.
***Note: I try not to distinguish between "American" and "non-American" lives, but since the anti-war faction in this country seems preoccupied by how many lives "we" lose, rather than the total number of lives lost (or saved for that matter), I have used the label in parenthesis above to help them process the information given.