http://lailalalami.com/2003/this-just-in-war-is-ugly/ Author of Secret Son and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lailalalami.com/2003/this-just-in-war-is-ugly/#comment-144 moorishgirl Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:12:44 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/this-just-in-war-is-ugly/#comment-144 Al-Jazeera has indeed shown Iraqi troops in the hands of the US, so you can rest assured that those got coverage as well. But my point in commenting on Cavanaugh's article is not who is showing what, it's the fact that 400 million people on one side are shown brutal images of casualties while 275 million people on our side are shown long distance shots of bombs being dropped, thereby deepening the gulf between perceptions on either side of the pond. Al-Jazeera has indeed shown Iraqi troops in the hands of the US, so you can rest assured that those got coverage as well. But my point in commenting on Cavanaugh’s article is not who is showing what, it’s the fact that 400 million people on one side are shown brutal images of casualties while 275 million people on our side are shown long distance shots of bombs being dropped, thereby deepening the gulf between perceptions on either side of the pond.

]]> http://lailalalami.com/2003/this-just-in-war-is-ugly/#comment-143 Steve Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:10:35 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/this-just-in-war-is-ugly/#comment-143 Morrishgirl has a one sided view just like A-J does, They have no problem showing our freshly killed troops and POW's but when showing the other side it's the little children and innocent civilians inadvertently wounded. Where are the Iraqis troops that have been killed? If A-J aired that they would be cut off! Tell A-J to follow that Republican Guard force moving south right now and real soon they will get some great pics! Morrishgirl has a one sided view just like A-J does, They have no problem showing our freshly killed troops and POW’s but when showing the other side it’s the little children and innocent civilians inadvertently wounded. Where are the Iraqis troops that have been killed? If A-J aired that they would be cut off! Tell A-J to follow that Republican Guard force moving south right now and real soon they will get some great pics!

]]> http://lailalalami.com/2003/this-just-in-war-is-ugly/#comment-142 Erik Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:11:26 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/this-just-in-war-is-ugly/#comment-142 I wouldn't say that the war effort is going desasterously wrong. It certainly is going differently from the way America originally anticipated. I am disturbed by the disparity of time spent on the victims of the war. To me, there is no difference between the tragedy of the death of an American or an Iraqi in this war that has no real purpose or sense or justification. I wouldn’t say that the war effort is going desasterously wrong. It certainly is going differently from the way America originally anticipated.
I am disturbed by the disparity of time spent on the victims of the war. To me, there is no difference between the tragedy of the death of an American or an Iraqi in this war that has no real purpose or sense or justification.

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