kirbypuckett Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I watched the news this morning for about 10-minutes while I was ironing my clothes before work. Within that short period of time I've already seen more pictures of of the destruction (wounded, death, buildings destroyed, etc..) in Georgia from the Russians that I've seen in Iraq the last 2+ years*. All you see about Iraq is occasionally a helicopter or an explosion at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afsdan Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 tit for tat, dude. Georgia tries to assert some control, Russia shows who's really in charge. US/UN asks nicely for both parties to stop. Everyone ignores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 The media coverage of the Georgian war hasn't been controlled to the degree that it has for the Iraq war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest conoley Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I watched the news this morning for about 10-minutes while I was ironing my clothes before work. Within that short period of time I've already seen more pictures of of the destruction (wounded, death, buildings destroyed, etc..) in Georgia from the Russians that I've seen in Iraq the last 2+ years*. All you see about Iraq is occasionally a helicopter or an explosion at night. American media doesn't report on Iraq the same way they report on wars elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 problem bewteen georgia and russia as same as happend in the lowest 3 provinces of thailand. world need more sympathy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 world need more sympathy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partysmasher Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I find this whole thing kinda worrying. Especially with the Russians not giving a fuck what the US and it's allies thinks of the situation. Just hope they step down before it gets even more out of hand and someone has to step in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sgoodcore Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I watched the news this morning for about 10-minutes while I was ironing my clothes before work. Within that short period of time I've already seen more pictures of of the destruction (wounded, death, buildings destroyed, etc..) in Georgia from the Russians that I've seen in Iraq the last 2+ years*. All you see about Iraq is occasionally a helicopter or an explosion at night. American media doesn't report on Iraq the same way they report on wars elsewhere. That's probably the most accurate reason as to why Americans haven't seen the death and destruction inherit in any war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skanknsmile Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 This isn't going to end well. This is going to turn into Cold War 2: Electric Boogaloo. If measures escalate much further, there is going to be a UN/US presence there within the year's end. And by presence, I mean occupation. This is also coming at a time where Iraq is demanding a timetable withdrawl, and more troop focus is heading back to Afghanistan. Things are not looking bright folks. Give it two weeks, and Israel and Palestine will start going at it again. This better not start a draft right after I graduated. Fuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skanknsmile Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 American media doesn't report on Iraq the same way they report on wars elsewhere. That's probably the most accurate reason as to why Americans haven't seen the death and destruction inherit in any war. I don't know if I would agree with that. Vietnam was and is still tagged as the first war brought to the masses. Sure, a great deal of it was censored, but it did bring the sobering reality of deaths with moving pictures to the public. Seeing the rockets fly and the fires and some of the deaths, it brought about a need for protest, along with other reasons such as validity and necessity and improper fear mongering from LBJ and then Nixon to a greater extent. There is information out there for the people to see how deeply the war impacts life through death, but like it has been said, the MASS media has done a poor job of reporting as such. Seeing bodies is more impacting than hearing about death toll numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkenthird Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 This better not start a draft right after I graduated. Fuckers. they would have to brainwash us on a major scale to get the entire population here to even allow that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 That's probably the most accurate reason as to why Americans haven't seen the death and destruction inherit in any war.I don't know if I would agree with that. Vietnam was and is still tagged as the first war brought to the masses. Sure, a great deal of it was censored, but it did bring the sobering reality of deaths with moving pictures to the public. Seeing the rockets fly and the fires and some of the deaths, it brought about a need for protest, along with other reasons such as validity and necessity and improper fear mongering from LBJ and then Nixon to a greater extent. There is information out there for the people to see how deeply the war impacts life through death, but like it has been said, the MASS media has done a poor job of reporting as such. Seeing bodies is more impacting than hearing about death toll numbers. Vietnam was more than 30 years ago. And honestly you agree with me. Mass media doesn't cover death any more and people protest when they do. How many issues were there when, I believe, ABC wanted to read aloud the names of all the soldiers who had dided in Iraq? Mass media is honestly the only media that matters sinces it how the majority of people get their news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skanknsmile Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I don't know if I would agree with that. Vietnam was and is still tagged as the first war brought to the masses. Sure, a great deal of it was censored, but it did bring the sobering reality of deaths with moving pictures to the public. Seeing the rockets fly and the fires and some of the deaths, it brought about a need for protest, along with other reasons such as validity and necessity and improper fear mongering from LBJ and then Nixon to a greater extent. There is information out there for the people to see how deeply the war impacts life through death, but like it has been said, the MASS media has done a poor job of reporting as such. Seeing bodies is more impacting than hearing about death toll numbers. Vietnam was more than 30 years ago. And honestly you agree with me. Mass media doesn't cover death any more and people protest when they do. How many issues were there when, I believe, ABC wanted to read aloud the names of all the soldiers who had dided in Iraq? Mass media is honestly the only media that matters sinces it how the majority of people get their news. This is true, and I'm not fighting your logic either. Mass Media is they way I would say 85% of the population gets there info about the war. But the issues about the reading the names of people who fought and died are very similar to issues such as the media's over-infatuation with Obama, sensationalism, how "the media covers Iraq"; these are all issues which are generated by these media outlets. Watching the news watch itself is about as effective as letting starving children watch you eat McDonalds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Vietnam was more than 30 years ago. And honestly you agree with me. Mass media doesn't cover death any more and people protest when they do. How many issues were there when, I believe, ABC wanted to read aloud the names of all the soldiers who had dided in Iraq? Mass media is honestly the only media that matters sinces it how the majority of people get their news. This is true, and I'm not fighting your logic either. Mass Media is they way I would say 85% of the population gets there info about the war. But the issues about the reading the names of people who fought and died are very similar to issues such as the media's over-infatuation with Obama, sensationalism, how "the media covers Iraq"; these are all issues which are generated by these media outlets. Watching the news watch itself is about as effective as letting starving children watch you eat McDonalds. I definitely agree with that. Its troubling in my mind how much news the media creates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 looks like the new president (obama) will be walkin into fun times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I'm partly surprised Team America isn't stating it's dominance already, them boyo's be fucking with your oil. On the other hand I'm not suprised because if America fucks with Russia, well you guys are finally gonna get the ass kicking the rest of the world has been calling for, just unfortuantely at the hands of the wrong country. (I'm sorry for my callous nature, and when is say 'You' I of course don't mean the American people at large, just your government and political institutions and their belief that freedom belongs to America and no-one else) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I don't think Russia has much left of its past military might in regards to its ability to pick a fight with the US or similar nations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skanknsmile Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 it's still a nuclear power. That's all the might you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I don't think Russia has much left of its past military might in regards to its ability to pick a fight with the US or similar nations. That depends on whether you think a pan continental war would be fought with proxy battles or with great huge fuck off Nukes, which russia is just bat shit crazy enough to unleash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afsdan Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I don't think Russia has much left of its past military might in regards to its ability to pick a fight with the US or similar nations. Russia has most of the oil in that region, they don't have shoot one bullet, they just have to turn off the pipeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 What makes you think A) Russia would want to bring about the end of the world with nukes or They'd piss off countless other nations by turning off the flow of oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 What makes you think Russia cares about other nations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afsdan Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 What makes you think Russia cares about other nations ding ding! we have a winner! they turned off the flow of natural gas to Georgia last January. it gets pretty cold out there in January... they don't want to end the world w/nukes. they would love to fuck with the economies of other countries, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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