With everyone concentrated on healthcare and the distractions from healthcare, everybody forgot that there re two wars still going…
To be sure, during Jr times everyone developped amnesia about Afghanistan, but now that we have Jr.jr is as if the whole concept of war has een erased from people’s minds.
So when I saw this headline in an AFP article
Six killed in Iraq violence
I suddenly realized how silent EVERYONE has grown on the war(s).
After describing several violent incidents the article drops the bombshell in the last paragraph:
Violence had dropped markedly throughout the country in recent months but attacks increased in the run-up to the US military pullback, with 437 Iraqis killed in June — the highest death toll in 11 months.
I remember when, by the time W became a lame duck these kinds of news were displayed where people could get at them. And they did get at them – if only for blaming Hillary for it….
Somehow, nobody is at fault now. I guess we are in a postwar society now? (the same way we’re in a post-partisan, post-racial society as well)
“post” stands for “we don’t want to talk about it”
Update
Some obviously still remember Afghanistan as more troops will be requested in another little noted repost
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7 comments
July 28, 2009 at 11:06 am
DeniseVB
I wonder if Cindy Sheehan will sit outside the royal vacay spot on Martha’s Vineyard ($50k/week?) while the Obama’s royally live it up while the rest of us eat cake? Oh wait, royal vacay spot is in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in AMERICA…..not as protest friendly as a dusty hot spot called Crawford.
Remember, according to Obama, this is a “dumb” war so Cindy needs to ask him why he isn’t ending it? Bush may be responsible for Casey’s death, but Obama called her son “dumb”. Heh.
July 28, 2009 at 11:36 am
soupcity
How bushian of them, no more “enemy dead” body counts to be released either,
http://www.edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/afghanistan.body.count/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
July 28, 2009 at 11:44 am
cj
Shhhhh! Don’t break the rules. Until Obama gives a major speech about them, the wars aren’t officially happening!
July 28, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Mr. H
Let’s face it, the press is still in full-blown puppy love with The Won. Hillary, PLEASE resign as SOS in 2010 so you can run against this useless pile of manure in the primaries!
July 29, 2009 at 8:00 am
PamelaofthePoconos
There’s a white-collar thug in the WH.
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