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Skriven 2004-08-08 06:21:52 av Gary Moore (1:396/45.0)
    Kommentar till text 964 av Ed Connell (1:379/1.6)
Ärende: Re: Killing the Enemy to Win
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 EC> Hey, Dawn.

 CD>> It's not the number killed but the media trumpeting the fact.

 VH>> That's perfectly true -- the media and anti-war protestors will
 VH>> defeat us long before any foreign enemy could.

 DR> Oh, who are you fooling?  I just saw a piece about a memorial to the
 DR> US soldiers killed in Iraq.  Each was represented by a brand new
 DR> baseball with his name and rank on it.  All formed part of a wall
 DR> mounted behind one of the dugouts.  The young ballplayers are awed
 DR> by the number.  The comments were respectful.  Funny how small-town
 DR> America finds a way to recognize the number of dead, in spite of
 DR> this administration's attempts, and yours, to cover it up.  Then
 DR> I saw a piece about doctors in Germany suffering from the awesome
 DR> mental toll they're paying for treating the never-ending stream of
 DR> soldiers being wounded in Iraq.  It talked about their inability
 DR> to seek counselling regarding the psychological damage they're
 DR> experiencing because they fear it would have an adverse effect
 DR> on their careers.  But you'll blame this defeat on the media
 DR> and anti-war protesters.  Never mind the reality.

 EC> You must live in some alternate universe.  The last line must be
 EC> your motto.

 What a childish retort, Mr. Connell.  How embarassing for you.  I saw
 the story about U.S. doctors in Germany treating soldiers being
 flown in from Iraq.  They were complaining about a loss of compassion
 due to the overwhelming number of injuries they were treating.

 The wall of baseballs with the names of dead American soldiers is
 also part of this universe.  Too bad you only glimpse part of it
 and conclude that's all there is.

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