... is still War.
Thanks for reading my first diary entry. It's not what I've been mulling over for weeks, and hope to craft into a diary very soon.
What I write about today is the strange way the War in Iraq is being presented to us in the US by the print and online media. What is strange, you ask?
Let me share my personal experience in gathering the latest information on what's happening, or has just happened, in Iraq. The stories are almost universally heartwrenching, in that they report US, "coalition", or, in the odd report, Iraqi casualties.
The strange thing is that my local newspaper, the Miami Herald, reports events under the byline of "The Conflict in Iraq". The New York Times now has its coverage under the masthead of "The Struggle for Iraq".
Are we not in the midst of a war?
Headlines at the CNN International website are under the banner of "War in Iraq" - one of the few sites that advertises these stories for what they are - coverage of a gruesome, bloody war where the mighty modern firepower of the US is being challenged by, and often usurped, by basic guerilla tactics.
What is coverage of the war like in your town, city, or country? I know many dKosites correspond from Europe, Asia, Australia and other parts of our increasingly small world. Please take this opportunity to share with us in America how your media are covering our shameful invasion and occupation of Iraq (there - I said it ... tried to be neutral but I just can't be in the face of what is happening).
Thanks, and peace to you and yours.
--murfmom
p.s. To be fair, Carol Rosenberg wrote a very moving article in today's Sunday paper about the officially uncelebrated American war dead: "Coming Home: For the Last Time". Sorry, no link - I am heartened to see a story about Dover Air Force Base and those members of the military who are honoring our war dead when our pResident does not.