Duty

Everyone does their duty.

The Marines do their duty by launching yet another offensive with yet another aggressive name (Dagger! Spear!) killing yet another 50 or so insurgents.

Fox News does its duty by trying to convince the rubes that this operation has anything whatsoever to do with the War on Terror.

The New York Times does its duty by reporting, without context or the faintest critical eye, the claims made by the Pentagon.

Warbloggers do their duty by explaining how this operation, just like the fifty before it, will help turn the corner.

Armando does his duty by pointing out that all of the above is nonsense.

In this story alone, there is mention of 500 insurgents killed or captured. Think about that. Say an average of 500 are killed or captured a week, not every couple of days. That makes 26,000 a year. We’re going on two years now of this insurgency.

How many are there again? This sounds like a never ending “last throe” to me.