Has there ever been a country at war more disinterested than the United States? One had to go all the way to page nine in last Sunday’s New York Times before there was even a mention of it, and that was about a six inch article about casualties. www.nytimes.com A couple of weeks ago there was a relative deluge about an upcoming US offensive, but it came and went. I don’t even know if it was successful nor could I find on the internet what the battle was called. In fact, I couldn’t name one battle of the entire war.
I know that recently, the war in Afghanistan became the longest war in the nation’s history. There was no public outrage, no mass marches on Washington. Is it because we have a volunteer army? I’m sure if I had a family member enlisted, I would be more aware of what was going on, but that only further illustrates my point. I don’t know what to make of all of it. Are we not informed because we’ve proven we don’t care and the media outlets are well tuned to what we read or watch? Or is the lack of information more thought out and perhaps more sinister than that? I ‘m looking forward to the next decade so I can read about what exactly took place over there in history books.
By Myron Gushlak
