All week the media has focused entirely on the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and today you would be hard pressed not to find coverage of the wedding. The sad part is why hasn't the media shown the same level of commitment to our troops who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Currently we have around 100,000 troops serving in Afghanistan, but you would be hard pressed to find any coverage of the sacrifices of our brave men and women. Have we as a country become so apathetic to what our military are preforming in our name.
The only time coverage of the war in Afghanistan is brought forward by the media is when some tragic event happens, even the president barely mentions Afghanistan. If the president can't bring himself to mention Afghanistan, then should we wonder why the country fails to focus on what our armed forces are conducting in our name.
The armed forces deserve better.
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