| I'm really upset about the lack of news coverage and the availability of it regarding Iraq. As Gordy wrote in his blog about Jenny's being randomly pulled over in Fort Carson, CO., and the bru-ha-ha that ensued, and the killer bit of the piece, that she had been text messaging with William, when he said, "What was that?" referring to a loud boom, and the text-messaging wait that followed, well, it just stinks that I could find no coverage about the attack on Camp Loyalty, Iraq. There was supposed to be some story on CNN when William spoke to Jenny, a nail-biting day later, but nothing, nada, rien! So, I keep lookin for the facts. Nosiree, I can't find 'em, just one obscure mention about it, as an aside in some obscure paper. Now I know Viet Nam was nasty for a lot of reasons, but, it always had nightly coverage. ALWAYS. Some folks said we became numbed to the news, but, methinks that it was we had to put up a wall to survive the news, a sort of "safe distancing", but I doubt any of us really weren't affected, effected by the nightly assault on our senses. I truly believe that it is so important to let us know what is going on, really really going on. I think that if more people had a clue of what war looked and sounded like, not just the heroics and count of the people who died, then the truth would cause citizens to think extra hard before tossing around words like, "Pulling or phasing us out in a few months", and /or "Waiting for us to 'Win'", or other delaying tactical goals. I'm truly disappointed in our press. Today more so than ever now that, as Gordy succintly put it, "Iraq just got personal". But, he's safe and I am sending gobs of white light his way, and encourage y'all to put in a good word for William too in your prayers. Thank you in advance!
Peace
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