Monday, June 19, 2006
Focusing on 'missing'
Apparently two of our soldiers have been taken prisoner by the enemy. Our media and government are describing the act in civilian terms, as 'kidnapping', and we're devoting 8000 soldiers to the effort of finding the 'kidnapped' soldiers. Two of the searchers have been injured, and if we keep it up, several will undoubtedly be killed. Does this make any sense?
I understand the military motivation: soldiers are more likely to risk their lives when they know they will be rescued from bad situations. But devoting huge segments of our force to the search is exactly what the enemy wants us to do. While we're distracted, they're free to work elsewhere with less interference.
Our distraction is undoubtedly a product of our 'Amber Alert' media culture, which doesn't stop genuine and brutal kidnappings (e.g. Joseph Duncan) but only encourages bad women to create an impressive national fuss to punish a husband or boyfriend. ¶ 7:16 AM
I understand the military motivation: soldiers are more likely to risk their lives when they know they will be rescued from bad situations. But devoting huge segments of our force to the search is exactly what the enemy wants us to do. While we're distracted, they're free to work elsewhere with less interference.
Our distraction is undoubtedly a product of our 'Amber Alert' media culture, which doesn't stop genuine and brutal kidnappings (e.g. Joseph Duncan) but only encourages bad women to create an impressive national fuss to punish a husband or boyfriend. ¶ 7:16 AM
