In times of war in the past, the news coverage was more intense. Americans should be ashamed. You can turn on the evening news sometimes and find no coverage that evening of either Iraq or Afghanistan. No reporting from the "front". Just political opinion. And the reason Americans should be ashamed is because there is no outcry for more coverage. Everyone is apathetic.

It all has to do with the fact that there was no draft when there really should have been. The same people have gone again and again. sometimes 4 or 5 times these people have had to return. It has taken a toll on their relationships and their health both physical and mental. And no one is interested.

The politicians have gotten smarter. They know a draft would affect more of the public and cause them to be more aware of what is going on. So instead they allowed a few to suffer so the public would remain apathetic. The result has been an exponential increase in the chicken hawk population.