U.S. Embassy Report on Iraq -- Not So Upbeat

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the primary reason would be to remind u.s. citizens that there is war going on. right now americans are completely unaffected by anything and everything that's going on in the middle east, and will continue to be largely indifferent so long as there are no inconveniences. military blunders and setbacks? who cares as long as i can make my sunday leisure drive! but there would definitely be a drive to win or at least reach a conclusion more effectively if people had to "suffer" the term, too.
the american people are not for this war (iraq) but nor are they against it either; not as totally as they could or should be. right now the iraq war is nothing more than a television hobby for americans. imagine if gas had been rationed at the onset of the iraq invasion: do you think the current prevailaing attitude three years later would be indentical to the lackadaisical rhetoric (from all sides) we have today?

....I agree with soly! (for once)


He's right, I was talking to some college kid and he didn't know we were at war in iraq (this was 6 months into the iraq war) the response "oh my god were at war, when are they coming!" (he thought we were being invaded ) He also thought we were out of afghanistan.


Americans just don't seem to care anymore, why I do not know, but the attitude has to change or we won't be great anymore. We need to take the kid gloves off....


Do you think any major wars are won with out beating some info out of the enemy? (people claim this will take away all america use to stand for...yeah right do you think we played nice during the revolution, or ww2)

Do you think any major wars were won when the public didn't care? (we need to make them care, take something away)

Do you think you can win a war. When the people think

"our guys will get em" No one seems to realize that we need soldiers to win wars! Even frothing at the mouth supporters of the war won't join the military (and yes I do intend to join, mainly to carry on the family tradition though)


(I gotta take a break for a few days, some recent events have turned me more bitter and cynical than I can ever remember)