Phendrana Drifts

Another 80 people are dead and 160 are wounded in Iraq this morning from bombers attacking Baghdad markets. But perhaps more disturbing is that many news outlets are not reporting it. No, that is going too far, but I mean they have decided that the audience (that would be us) are no longer shocked by it, in short it isn't news. An interesting solution to a policy problem - in the English speaking world who is largely responsible for creating the environment in Iraq we no longer want bombings in Baghdad markets so rather than shift policy, we are no longer hearing about it. I wonder if it is because we have grown too lazy to do something about it or to demand change.

Of course I say this from comfort in Canada, a country that (thankfully) passed on the American adventure in Iraq. I wish I knew what to do about Iraq. I guess more importantly, I wish either George W. Bush or someone else within the American leadership really knew what to do in Iraq.

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