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Internal Monologue is hereby declaring that it is OK for politicians, Republican, Democratic, or anything else, to say that lives have been "wasted" in Iraq. McCain and Obama are hereby absolved. Their craven apologies for saying what is very painful but pretty damn obvious bodes ill for the level of our political discourse. I like what VLWC has to say:
Obama's apology for his own "waste" comment makes no sense, either:“Their sacrifices are never wasted,” he said.Why not? This politically correct talking around the realities of sending people to kill and die is a big part of the problem. Why can't someone stand up and say, "these people risk everything to defend the country, and we fucking wasted their lives — and it has to stop!"? Because when you can't admit the last guy died in vain, you're condemning the next one to that very same fate.Slacktivist is calling bullshit on this, too:Soldiers' lives have been wasted again and again due to the ineptitude, foolishness and stupidity -- tactical, strategic, diplomatic -- of their leaders. It has happened before, all over the world. It is happening now, all over the world. It will happen again. This is irrefutable. It is also, apparently, unmentionable. And thus it is inevitable. Because we are not allowed to mention it, we are not allowed to consider how to avoid it or prevent it.Of course, the asymmetry of the media reaction to Obama 's use of "wasted" and McCain using the same term is something to note. The wingnut echo chamber is still much more powerful than ours. This is one of the main reasons our politics is twisted rightward from where the American people actually are.