Good advice for war-watchers:

[Theophylact]

Take a deep breath.

[nunyadam]

Good advice indeed.

[osprey4]

That is good advice. More good advice? Turn off the TV.

From aboard the USS Clueless:

....and we can assume that Fox will try to find the best slant for us that they can in any situation.

Who'd have guessed FOX will do this?

Great link Theo! Thanks!

[zen]

Originally posted by osprey4
That is good advice. More good advice? Turn off the TV.

And then what, pretend nobody's getting killed? Act like we don't care? Hardly good advice.

[nunyadam]

Its one thing to keep up on the war. It is quite another to be obsessed with it and watch 24/7.

[Chuckiechan]

Interesting way to thank the reporters who are risking their lives out with the troops! Maybe we should ask them to take a deep breath, and remind them that there is no urgency to what they are reporting. And please, don't cut in on "Friends" with your self - important news reports.

Pass the popcorn! Those people aren't really dead are they?

[caddmannq]

Oh, yeah...let's all sit back and relax while Saddam exterminates the rest of the Iraqis with sarin gas.

My eyes are on Baghdad, folks.

[Mr. Goodbytes]

People just really need to stay focused on the progress being made rather than the "setbacks" that the media says occurs. The media acts as though wars are clean-cut, "wham, bam, thank you ma'am" deals. Well they aren't. A war is a horrible atrocity that damages everyone involved in some way. Our soldiers' deaths or capture, while saddening, is not a setback. It's all part of the deal. When bullets and bombs are flying, things get blown up and people die. I want to see as few deaths on each side as possible, except for those who truly support Saddam, but it's going to happen. I don't even watch the 24/7 news on the war; it's too granular to begin with, and they all get worked up over the little things that are all part of war. I intend to monitor our troops' progress toward the goal, and that is it.