Dead Women

[modest mouse]

With an impending military action and the real possibility of prolonged presence in Baghdad, casualities are a given. For the first time women will be closer and more present to such actions and some will find their demise.

With tenuous support of 'war' and the Govt aware of the public opinion and how it shifts as soon as dead soldiers are flown back, do you think having dead women, dead mothers, dead daughters will influence both public opinion and secondarily Govt tone regarding 'war'?

 

[Lancecastor]

In the New America, citizens want their wars conducted at distance.

Death From Above, and at great distance on the ground.

Consequently, any show of actual death will be hidden by your media under the instructions of your government.

We've all seen extensive footage and stills of Columbia wreckage, for example....but you'll never see the body parts...why, even the shots of flight patches and a charred helmet produced visceral reactions here on Lit.

The fact that the recovered video of the crew "ends" four minutes before disintegration is telling....in previous flights, those same handhelds stayed on through re-entry. In fact, CNN was showing old re-entry cabin footage until the recovered footage was revealed...three weeks after the fact.

The shot of naked children burning from American Napalm in Vietnam, for example, became The Icon of that war's human toll and galvanized the AntiWar efforts at the time.

I doubt we'll see any footage or stills of anyone dead this time.

Except perhaps the enemy.

That way, Americans will be able to keep ratings up and keep buying Toastitos with Hot Salsa to munch while the War Machine rolls the bones live on TV.

Grim. Cold. But true.

 

[lavender]

Mouse, you raise a valid point. While I hate to say that "deaths" will be interesting, the way this war plays out with women in the military could be something worth studying.

 

[unclej]

from an intellectual stand point it shouldn't make any difference whether the dead or wounded soldier is male or female. they both signed up and knew the risks. but as an old fashioned kinda guy i have to say my true feeling is that the men ought to be on the front line and the women should be in a support role.

maybe not a popular opinion but mine just the same. and it has nothing to do with their abilities and capabilities. just the way that i feel.

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[Guest]

unclej, I thinl Mouse is talking about the civilian women in Bahghdhadh.