Japan Thinks Twice About Sending Troops

[AssKissinger]

The reassessments came a day after Wednesday's suicide truck bombing at a base for Italian forces in the southern city of Nasiriyah killed at least 32 people — 18 of them Italians, and wounded more than 80. Officials said several of the wounded are not expected to survive.

Japan Puts Off Sending Troops to Iraq

[Caustic Saint]

[Taro Toporific]

Perhaps this is also a reason why the SDF troop deployment has been postponed[/url]

Or why S Korea is running....

S. Korea suspends Iraq operations
CNN Europe, Nov 13 GMT (12:30 PM HKT)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea has ordered its troops in southern Iraq to suspend their operations outside coalition bases, following a deadly suicide truck bombing in Nasiriyah, officials said Friday.... request for a bigger deployment. Japan indicated that Tokyo will likely postpone sending troops to Iraq. Last month, South Korea ...

[Caustic Saint]

From Rob's link:

The Bush administration has rejected comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam, which traumatized Americans a generation ago with a sad procession of military body bags and television footage of grim wartime cruelty.

Maybe it's becuase the American public isn't being shown anything this time? Censorship, perhaps? Why are they only showing Jessica Lynch on the news? Why not these guys? Do they want to keep the "support" for the war from going any lower?

More stories you won't see on the news.

[Nagged]

Why not these guys?

Very good point. I think the answer would be the same for most conflicts since the dawn of time. The people who decide to fight are not the same as the ones who have to clean up the mess.

Why are they only showing Jessica Lynch on the news?

Jessica Lynch is much prettier, and she also has all of her body parts attached.

Blame the media as well as the government. x number killed and x number wounded...wounded is very vague, but how often are they going to go into details? It's like most of the war movies from Hollywood ...nice clean kills and the good guys always win with a few scratches. Yeah, right.