BoingBoing Headline: Child appears unhappy after parents slain in Iraq

[NewHampshireDem]

Somewhat graphic image at link

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/19/child_appears_unhapp.html

This little Iraqi girl seems upset that her parents were shot to death by US soldiers when the car she and her family were in failed to stop at a checkpoint. (I'm sure she'll get over it once they tell her it was a mistake.) Meanwhile the LA Times reports that "the percentage of Americans who believed the situation in Iraq was "worth going to war over" has sunk to a new low of 39%."

I love BoingBoing for their tech news and their irreverence. I think the headline and the post nicely sum up the absurdity of the coverage of the war in Iraq--the media (and, sadly, Americans in general) forget that behind everyone one of those statistics about Iraqi dead there is a real human story. We feel good about the one kid in a thousand who gets flown to the US to get fake arms sewn on, but forget about the other 999 who merely died. And the war orphans? Well, at least their still alive, so no need to count them.

Fuck you very much Mr. *. Enjoy your fucking party.

[UL_Approved]

1. The LA Times article link

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Mueller noted that support for the war had been falling gradually since the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003, but that the erosion had not produced a majority in favor of early troop withdrawals.

"Support for this war is now lower than support for the Vietnam War was at the Tet offensive," Mueller said, citing the 1968 battles that were a turning point in U.S. public opinion then. "But in Vietnam , the war continued for several years, and many people continued to support it through enormous casualties."

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-iraqpoll19jan19,0,5073177,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines