CorpMediaSux
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- Sep 13, 2007
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OMG, sort it out. Like for real. Is this the issue to get riled up over? It sounds like Oakland airport fucked up royally and like most people who fucked up and can't admit it, are compounding the issue in the post-incident P.R. battle. But you guys? This is not exactly the biggest deal. No one was spat on. No one was the victim of a heckler. No one burned an American flag and no one told these soldiers they were unpatriotic terrorists. They were the victims of a reactionary and incompetent airport administration. This sort of makes them like every other American. Does it doubly sting because it happened as they were returning from our failed Iraq policy, of course.
But what strikes me as ridiculous is the intensely close attention the right pays to the treatment of troops once they arrive back at home and the lack of attention many pay to troop conditions, casualties and injuries on the actual battlefield. When people talk about the horrific conditions of combat the response is "Well thats just how it is." Soldiers are held up for a few hours at an airport and its the greatest shame the nation has ever endured, cue the dramatic gnashing of teeth. Sort. it. out.
But what strikes me as ridiculous is the intensely close attention the right pays to the treatment of troops once they arrive back at home and the lack of attention many pay to troop conditions, casualties and injuries on the actual battlefield. When people talk about the horrific conditions of combat the response is "Well thats just how it is." Soldiers are held up for a few hours at an airport and its the greatest shame the nation has ever endured, cue the dramatic gnashing of teeth. Sort. it. out.