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Politics : Stop the War!
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To: PartyTime who wrote (7330)4/4/2003 7:00:50 AM
From: ChrisJP  Read Replies (1) of 21614
 
Hi PartyTime, I consider it an odd part of our culture that we seem to need to have a boogeyman with a face. Although clearly the worst boogeymen are those with no face.

And yes, politicians manipulate our need to have a common external enemy that threatens our way of life. And TV media eats it up cuz it means good rating and therefore advertising dollars.

And at the same time, we have an overpowering need to be perceived by the rest of the world as "the good guys". Which is tough to have happen when you're kicking ass every 5 years or so.

My theory on the US's use of cluster bombs and some other possibly not-so-humane weapons:

We are always trying to build better weapons. But they need to be tested under real conditions to see how viable they really are. I'd say at maybe 20% of what you're seeing on the battlefield is really the Dept. of Defense testing what they built.

Chris
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