July 20, 2007

Baghdad: Embracing the Suck of 'Not-War'

Totten is in Baghdad, again:

I tried to embrace the suck....

After having spent several days Baghdad’s Green Zone and Red Zone, I still haven’t heard or seen any explosions. It’s a peculiar war. It is almost a not-war....

You’d think explosions and gunfire define Iraq if you look at this country from far away on the news. They do not. The media is a total distortion machine. Certain areas are still extremely violent, but the country as a whole is defined by heat, not war, at least in the summer. It is Iraq’s most singular characteristic. I dread going outside because it’s hot, not because I’m afraid I will get hurt.

Wow, you mean to say the media distorts the picture? It's almost too shocking to believe...

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 08:47 AM | |