[lbo-talk] Govt. gives the troops some lovin', doggy style

[B.]

I wish I could find the link to the CNN video news
story about this, as it was one of the dumbest pieces
of journalism I've seen, one of those soft and cuddly
and nauseatingly treacly pieces with that damned
"bless their little hearts" syrupy tone to it, like
something an Army propaganda dept. would make (did
make?) about how big-hearted our big lunkheads in Iraq
really are. (The video showed how touchingly lovable
the dogs could be -- they were even trained to hug the
soldiers on command -- and I half expected the Army
occupational therapiss to choke back a tear as they
described how much joy the dogs would bring to
stressed out soldiers around Xmas.) I enjoyed that the
article I did send, however, pronounced dogs "the
unsung heroes" of Iraq (ironic, given the poor NYT dog
that Blackwater blasted to hell).

-B.

Joseph Catron wrote:

"Maybe I'm stupid, but why are "traumatized soldiers
struggling to overcome mental health problems" still
IN Iraq? In the Journal of Bad Ideas, that would merit
an issue unto itself

B. wrote: 

"The US army will for the first time send skilled
therapy dogs to Iraq to help comfort traumatized
soldiers struggling to overcome mental health
problems."