Iraq is a non-issue

[Goathead]

Even with this headline: Bombs kill at least 24 in Iraq.
Nobody in the United States cares. I think the rising gas prices are a ruse to get peoples minds away from Iraq. Add to that Schiavo, Micheal Jackson, Scott Peterson, and (insert your favorite diversionary press coverage story). People just don't care.

[KlatooBNikto]

1. I call it the moral fatigue caused by material pursuits. We are so

conditioned to pound the treadmill of everday life to consume things we don't want or need to maintain appearances, moral issues become the first casualty.We have bcome just rats in Dr.Rove's evil laboratory.

[rooboy]

2. It's a wider phenomenon that just the USA.

People are like this in Australia, China, and god knows how many other places. Seems to be a result of laissez-faire capitalism rather than republican politics specifically, imo.

[KlatooBNikto]

5. You can't worship God and Mammon at the same time, right? That

disease can afflict everyone of us, regardless of race, religion, nationality,gender and sexual orientation.An Equal Opportunity affliction in other words.

[salcero]

6. I think you're exactly right

I think you're exactly right Rooboy. This is from a news article I read this morning:

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Blair's political opponents -- well behind him in opinion polls -- hope the issues of Iraq and the prime minister's integrity will pick at the comfortable lead his Labour Party still enjoys.

But on the streets, few interviewed by CNN said it would change their vote.

"I was going to vote Labour, I was against the war, but I'm still going to vote Labour," one woman told CNN.

Despite the big media row over the legality of war, it seems Iraq remains a minority concern with the British public.

One opinion poll suggests Iraq will make a difference to only three per cent of voters -- and whether or not you believe it vindicates Prime Minister Blair, this legal advice from the attorney general is unlikely to change that, or the outcome of the British election.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/29/attorney.war/

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[democrank]

3. Americans should be ashamed.

George W. Bush is a war criminal and we aided and abetted. This country might feel big and powerful with our cluster bombs and torture planes, but someday we`ll pay for this.

Bush is doing what he`s doing because we`re letting him get away with it. Anyone out there who thinks that`s an oversimplification should take a look at our Vietnam era history and read up on how and why the war ended.

[raccoon]

8. Well, some of us didn't aid and abet,

some of us attended anti-war rallies, rode buses to Washington to participate in protests, wrote letters to the editor, etc.

Trouble is, we were sooo outnumbered by those who supported the war, or just didn't care enough to make their voices heard.

You're right, someday we'll pay for this, whether we supported the invasion or not.

[nolabels]

9. Repeat, this not Viet Nam, this is the REPUBLICANS in Iraq

With some tacit approval of some bought and sold Democrats (but much less than half on whole).


Expect it to get worse before it's gets better, it always works for me

Poll: U.S. To Bush: Pull Out of Iraq

United Press International

The top piece of advice Americans would give President Bush is to pull out of the war in Iraq, a poll released Thursday indicated.

Nearly a quarter of respondents to a Gallup Poll said that if they had 15 minutes to talk to the president they would tell him to end the war in Iraq, making it the No. 1 response.
(snip)
http://www.wokr13.tv/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=65497A2D-16C6-4354-BBB5-EF555C3532F1

[babylonsister]

10. Not fair! I didn't aid nor abet this clown.

Why should I be ashamed when I have no control over what this maniac is doing? I concur he's a war criminal, I cannot stand him, but give me a good idea on how to get him impeached or resign in disgrace.

[mmonk]

4. A falling dollar does that

in a nation of greed.

[jayfish]

7. Even Here It's Kind...

of dropped off the radar. The subjugation is nearly complete.


Jay