Local Army Mom Unhappy With Media Coverage About War In Iraq - She hates the body counts

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6666372&nav=ZolHbyvj

A local military mom is not happy with how the war in Iraq is being covered. She wanted to sound off about that and so she sent Your NewsChannel 3 an e-mail about her son who is serving in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division out of Ft. Drum, New York.

Trisha Klewans of Virginia Beach is one proud Army mom, eager to show off pictures e-mailed from her son. One in particular shows her son's Army unit visiting with Iraqi citizens.

"I like it. It really shows they don't all hate us, they're willing to talk to us and talk to our soldiers", Klewans says.

That's why she e-mailed us; she's not happy with media coverage of the war.

"I think it's very biased. It's extremely biased; all we see is negative, continued body counts. It makes me real mad, makes me really mad. It made me mad before, but now that I have a son over there, it's just ten-fold," she says.

[glowing]

1. Yes, they are humans and they are willing to talk. And what do they

say "when are you leaving?"

[rpannier]

2. Honestly

If I had a son over there I might share her feelings. I'm not sure.
I can understand where she's coming from.

[Toots]

11. War is Hell

It even involves letting people know people are dying....Horrible horrible ..Apparently she doesn't care that people are dying daily she just doesn't want to hear about it. Just shut up about all the atrocities America is committing....Everything is really just fine... now hush....Bush* is working really hard, cause it is really hard work prezidentin' and he doesn't want to hear about all his fuck ups either....

[w8liftinglady]

3. I'm an Army mom,too.The body counts make me mad,too

...so does the rising bank accounts of our esteemed leaders,like Cheney,Rumsfeld,Rice...while the soldiers eat spoiled food and drink bad water,use inferior body armor and inadequate vehicles.I hate the fact that 90% of this country could give a shit about the soldiers,and the fact that we flew the flags at half-mast when a madman killed at a college,but don't fly the flags at half-mast when a madman is responsible for the death our troops.
Everyone has to rationalize things the way they can.It's hard to make things right in your head when all you see is failure,death and corruption.The soldiers can't speak out.It's up to us to do it for them.

[NNN0LHI]

5. She doesn't appear to hate the idea of people being killed in Iraq

Its more she doesn't like the "reporting" of people being killed in Iraq.

Don

[DFW]

4. Where have I heard this before?

Oh, yes. I remember. The gung-ho Army mom in Fahrenheit 9/11
who was just a little less gung-ho when it was HER son that
came home in a body bag.

Why does it have to come to that for some people?

[DRoseDARs]

6. Willful ignorance is NOT something to be sympathized with... n/t

[tanyev]

7. If she sticks her fingers in her ears and sings "la-la-la" really loud, the body counts will go away

[TreasonousBastard]

8. I understand that the news...

of more death in Iraq hits her deepest fears about her son. And that she rationalizes his dangerous duty must be doing some good.

But, so what? It's news that mothers of soldiers experience anxiety and dread?

[Warpy]

9. The only way they have left of making this look like a success

is by counting the numbers of corpses the war produces every day. Of 8 projects they've claimed to have been brought to completion, 7 are unusable (source: Harper's Index, July, 2007). Workmanship has been shoddy to the point of making buildings like schools and hospitals dangerous to enter.

Military mom needs to get a grip. Yes, occupied people will talk to their occupiers. Their occupiers are armed. However, when those occupiers are looking elsewhere, the occupied will fight back.

The dead are the only positive news the neocons have left.

[Selatius]

10. It's not like the US media really reported the war anyway. If she wants a news blackout, then she's

asking the news media to simply take one more step.

[spanone]

12. Some people just love to stick their heads in the sand.

[KharmaTrain]

13. Close Your Eyes, Wish It Away

The denial of what really has happened in Iraq will be our life-long battle as we already see those who ignore the facts and will live in a dilusion that this war was "just" and "winnable"...and that they'll find every excuse in the book...other than their own abetting and blame on this incompetent regime and the Repugnican party.

History will note Iraq as the greatest disaster in this country's history...besides the military loss, there also was the destruction of our security and military, economy and social discourse...all for the profits of large GOOP donors and benefactors. This lady can try to wish things different, but a bitter reality faces all of us...and that day is coming soon.