I just watched the Frontline special "A Company of Soldiers". What a wrenching experience... It's a very, very difficult program to watch, and very sobering that the events depicted in this show are happening every day, every single day, while most people in the US are complaining about work or watching Fox News or the Michael Jackson trial or some other insipid bullshit.
I think we were decieved into this war, and I just hope beyond hope that it will turn out to have been worth the cost in the end. There are evil bastards on both sides. But Jesus, I just have to empathize completely with the kids that have been sent out to go get shot at in our name. I can hardly imagine what they have to wake up to every day. This mess isn't their fault, but they're the ones paying for it.
[update on 5 March-- DO NOT WATCH THIS PROGRAM IF YOU ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO GRAPHIC SCENES OF SUFFERING OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. I watched this late in the evening last night and spent the rest of the night trying to forget what I saw so I could sleep.]
Posted by case at March 4, 2005 09:55 PM