The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 1st, 2003
Kathleen Parker
As spectators, we lack patience
By KATHLEEN PARKER Orlando Sentinel
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
"Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
The media are beginning to sound an awful lot like brats in the back seat nagging Daddy Rumsfeld because the war is taking sooooo long. I mean, it's been almost two weeks already!
As a military friend said recently: "The American attention span for wars is the length of an average Hollywood movie."
Since the U.S.-allied attack began on Iraq, reporters and commentators have been struggling for definition. It's as though we were all handed a syll...
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