It's the same sappy, frolicsome story--over and over. Soldier gets sent off to fight the Empire's war. Soldier gets his limbs blown off. Soldier, however, feels he did the right thing--he fought for freedom! Soldier has a great attitude. Soldier is happy. So it's all ok! CNN interviewer is happy. We all should be happy. So we are all told by the dullard media heads.

Only this ending has a slight twist. Soldier, we are told, can't wait to get his prosthetic legs so that he can go jogging with our glorious president Bush. Ahh yes, who ever thought that life could be so cheery as a result of losing one's limbs? Remember this happy scene?

I heard this story today, on Communist Network News, and couldn't believe how carefree and upbeat this presentation all was. Accordingly, this is perhaps the worst, most devious, most offensive kind of war propaganda: that no matter how calamitous the consequences of a murderous war, we must look on the "bright side" via the unfurling of sprightly animations. Please, dear media, do give us another gleeful feature story that reminds us how meritorious all the blood and killing really is.

Yes, I shall regain my senses and come to Believe. Oh to be 20-something, and looking forward to prosthetics made necessary by the pursuit of a democratic cause in the role of cannon fodder! After all, Hiroshima and Nagasaki "ended the war," and thus made us all very safe and happy.