Yes, it's not on the front page, but there is an article in today's NY Times about "Iraq war light", i.e., the attempt to wage a very serious war without asking the nation to sacrifice. Today's article by Thom Shanker reports on the rising tide of questions from the military as to why they seem to be the only ones involved in this war. One officer is quoted, "Nobody in America is asked to sacrifice, except us."
This is a far cry from my recollections of World War II and even Korea. America - you, me, all of us - were at war in our daily lives then. Today, unless you know someone in Iraq, the war is only something that makes the front page, just as Michael Jackson's trial did. It is not something that affects one's life.
Granted that there is supposedly a war on terrorism going on and living a 'normal' life may demonstrate that terrorists have not won. However, Iraq is part of the war on terrorism only in that it is and has been a prime breeding ground for the very terrorism we must defeat.
Another example of the 1984 world in which we live.
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