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> The Pentagon Papers counted because the US had lost control of the > battlefield. Call me dense, but I hope the "battlefield" you're talking about is public opinion. Because from my view, the military situation in Afghanistan isn't much better than in Vietnam. > Nobody's disgusted who wasn't disgusted before. > Why is that? > A: Because there is no draft That is one huge key. The Pentagon knew exactly what it was doing when it got rid of the draft and created a professional, volunteer army. > B: Because everybody already knows that the lies are lies, torture is > torture, etc. and one side thinks all of that is justified, or at the > very worst, the few broken eggs needed to make the omelet. True, but I have to wonder if it's more than that. Community has declined dramatically since the 60s. This can be measured in everything from the increased number of hours watching TV to the fewer number of friends people have. That combined with even more relentless "individualism" and the "greed is good" mentality that permeates our culture, could it be that the American people as a whole have simply become less compassionate, more vicious and more callous to the suffering of others? -- "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." -- Albert Einstein ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
