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Originally posted by LedZipline@4 May 2003 - 19:33
Im not saying that our soldiers are unimportant, or disregarding the pain felt by thier families, but the amount of people we have lost is nothing to the amount of people that we kill, or are killed by others. We made such a big deal over those POWs that got back to the USA. It was like six freakin guys, and they wernt even hurt!!! They were on the news for over a week.
I think alot of this had to do with the live coverage that we watched 24/7 from Iraq. The word 'videophone' became a part of mainstream culture faster than 'TIVO' did. The coverage on television was truly live from the battlefield, so they had little time to edit and spin things as they would have in years past. A story like of that caliber is a blessing in disguise for them. CNN has to sell advertising space too. :huh: