Reply #11: I agree the stories need to be heard...BUT

[WebeBlue]

unfortunately often they are not read or heard. It takes a lot to get the stories out into mainstream, and once there, it seems to take a lot to "stir" the American public. In fact, until I found DU, I have rarely heard so many express much concern about war in Iraq, loss of our young (and now our old as back-door draft activates the old guys). As member family of MFSO (Military Families Speak Out, http://www.mfso.org/ a grass-roots organization formed 2 yrs ago w/ membership now of 2000 families) I am in company of many other military families that speak out against the war in support of the troops. I am constantly surprised and taken aback when I'm in the company of the average American that knows little about the realities of the war and toll, or supports it with a strange passion that I have yet to understand or comprehend.

But then election fraud doesn't make the mainstream news either, so what kind of artificial reality are we living in these days??