Bored With Iraq? - Gawker Comments

Bored With Iraq?

ADismalScience — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:02:53 EDT

Yes, but clearly the volume of tragedies in Iraq is far less than the volume for Vietnam. Either way, the magnitude of Vietnam is far greater from a casualty perspective.

In other words, the degree of the tragedy that was Vietnam is greater than the degree of the tragedy that was Iraq. You have to measure things, in my mind, platitudes asside.

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In Other News... — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:41:47 EDT

@Toomanytomatoes: Believe it or not, there are families out there who think their children died for a great and honorable cause. True, they hurt, as any parent would in the face of such a tragic loss - but take care not to presume to speak on behalf of all of them.

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Toomanytomatoes — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:56:42 EDT

@ADismalScience: One American soldier's life lost without just cause is a tragedy. Orders of madgnitude don't matter to the grieving family and loved ones.

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dumblonde — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:57:27 EDT

@donmiguel: Britney needs to die. For the Harvest. (See: Southpark)

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cassandra — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:25:49 EDT

@UnstableMabel: That is beautiful and sad. Thanks.

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ADismalScience — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:52:40 EDT

"Many" more Americans were killed?

4000 in Iraq. 58,209 in Vietnam. That's more than a degree of magnitude higher.

I believe the term you were searching for is "exponentially."

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Itsjustcatnip — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:09:13 EDT

Don't these politicians know anything? It's time to cancel this program and come up with a mid-season replacement. Preferably something comical and light, like a war with the Dutch.

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Buzz Killington — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:57:03 EDT

@MoonCake: Oh ok. So lets just take our medicine. We have it coming, right? Good plan.

How about this; if your bleeding heart is so wracked with guilt over the big bad USA and all of our evil deeds, to the point that you genuinely feel that we deserve a few suicide bombings on the A train to even up the score, why don't you just go over there and offer yourself up in sacrifice on our behalf? Because I'm sure that would totally work.

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KarenUhOh — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:53:46 EDT

Howie Mandel, steel briefcases and exploding models. Put it up against Survivor.

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UnstableMabel — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:07 EDT

@cassandra: [last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com]

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In Other News... — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:09:14 EDT

NBC NEWS EDITORIAL MEETING - NOTES
FRIDAY, 21 MARCH 2008
3PM

News Dir. - On tap - Election, Barack / Wright, Crybaby Hillary, Flooding - Midwest, Where Have the Bees Gone? Britney in TV Show, Newfangled Electric Car, 225th Anniversary of American Cheese. Features?

Features Ed. - Um, let's see, Fencing: Neighbors Without Borders; Mortgage CRISIS!!!!!!!1! Bored regular people hiring pretend paparazzo; Britney in TV Show.

News Dir. - Wait. News already has Britney. What's plan B?

Features Ed. - 2:30 on Perez Hilton.

News Dir. - I likey. Politics?

Politics - I got nothin'.

News Dir. - Really? Are you sure?

Politics - Oh yeah. McCain in Iraq.

News Dir. - Aaaaaaaand...

Politics - Um, Nader?

News Dir - Good. Anyone else? Anyone?

News Intern - Um, we might hit 4,000 U.S. soldier deaths in Iraq.

News Dir. - Oh yeah? When?

News Intern - Probably Saturday or Sunday.

News Dir. - This fucking Saturday or Sunday? Fuck that - weekend crew will handle. Send them an email, okay? Let's go back to work - get out early today for Easter!

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MoonCake — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:56:31 EDT

i don't think about the war because like cassandra said, it's the same report every time. it's not that i don't care about the people over there, in fact i feel sorry for them because they're fighting an endless war. the reason for this war will have us over there for much, much longer than we could ever anticipate.. unless we pull our pants up and apologize. then so what if "they" come over here and blow us to smitherines? isn't that what we did there? are we so scared to face our own consequences because our people are too pretty? puhleez.

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cassandra — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:28:41 EDT

"and other big shows like The Biggest Economic Depression and The Amazing Racial Election are stealing all the ratings..."

Ha. Well put.

I was just thinking yesterday about how I never think about the Iraq war. The problem is not that the war is not news, it's that all the stories are the same: 12 people died in a suicide bombing; 130 people died in a suicide bombing; 1 person died in a suicide bombing. Where is the coverage about what's actually happening, how the country is going about its business, what has happened to normal Iraqis....it's tough out there, so I don't want to criticize the war reporters, because they have about 9 million times the courage I do. But they seeem to think they're covering the military, when they're actually covering a war.

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wretched_of_the_mirth — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:01:45 EDT

@donmiguel: She dared to step onto the Atlantic. And the blog sharks snapped...:

Spears for fears.

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donmiguel — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:42:54 EDT

Nope. Iraq -- Schmiraq. What's going on with Britney? No, seriously. What is going on with Britney.

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wretched_of_the_mirth — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:18:55 EDT

Boy, if you guys were sent to Iraq against your will... nah, I still wouldn't pay attention. Sorry!

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Twerpsichore — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:50:08 EDT

Ow! Hey, could you put the IV back in?

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