Seminal Watercooler – #5 News Story of the Decade: War in Iraq |
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| By: Jim Moss Sunday December 27, 2009 7:00 pm | |
From now until News Year’s Eve, the Watercooler will be counting the top five news stories of the 2000′s. #5 comes from March 19, 2003, the night that the United States launched it’s offensive into Iraq. At that time, how many people thought we would still be fighting this war come the end of the decade?
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certainly the Bushies didn’t think so…I remember they spoke in terms of weeks or months. almost 7 years later, it’s depressing that troops are still in Iraq. here’s to seeing the troops come home in 2010
It didn’t strike me at the time, but looking back, I’m really bothered at the way they promoted the war coverage like it was some sort of sporting event.
Only #5?
I’m going for single news moments, not long-term stories.
Ah, got it. Yep, Iraq was always a long term, money-making war, despite the “shock and awe” marketing tactics.
There are a lot of things about that episode that are fading away. Anyway, it all worked out well didn’t it?
They have learned to make sure there is a constant flow of new things to distract. look! over there!
(note the lack of response to any post dealing with aspects of the warfare state)
aside from the human and other species misery, what about the destruction of the museum, loss of thousands of years of history and extraordinary anonymous works of art; Whose parlors are those items stashed away in? I would really like to see that.
and on a much lesser level, the “loss” of twelve billion dollars cash, served up in bails handled by front end loaders.