What really goes on at War? Guess we will never know.

Ever wonder what happens behind enemy lines? or even on our own lines? We all do. War is a dark and mysterious time that leaves the countries involved confused and unsure of what is happening. Not only is there no clue as to what is happening on the battle ground, but why did they even go to war is yet another question that is so twisted that even the leaders of the countries may not know the answers a few months in.

A point was brought up in class today regarding the theme of the GOOD guys vs the BAD guys during war, and, well, after thinking about it and watching a film on public relations and war, I couldn't agree more. Each country is fighting so hard to make themselves seem like the good guy. They are doing no wrong, everything is perfect. Well, I guess I can't speak for everyone, but, personally, I say it's a lost cause. This might have worked on our parents generation who were unaware of gatekeepers and news angles, yet the younger generation is definitely aware and cannot be fooled by a couple of happy go lucky, hero advertising news-clips and Youtube videos.

This is where the main issues come to hand. So, we know that war is not happy and fine and we understand that during war some things happen that countries may no be proud of, so why not allow journalist to write about the truth instead of covering it up and pointing fingers. As a country, don't we deserve to know the truth. No one likes being at war, and knowing the truth is not going to change that and nor is being lied to. How about this for an idea? Why don't the leaders of countries stop doing things during war that they are ashamed of? Than maybe they won't try to hide the truth. In the movie Remember the Titans, Julius tells the captain of his team "attitude is a direct reflection of leadership". Well that may be a line from a movie, but i think that we can all learn a little something from it. Leaders, stop being ashamed and hiding things and maybe we can all stop being ashamed, lying citizens and be happy to say we are from our country,

As for all you PR practitioners out there, you are not off the hook. Maybe take a stand. I understand it's hard to stand up to authority and could mean your job, but shouldn't there be a line drawn at some point. It is your job to relay the message to the public and be the link between the war, the media and the public. I understand that there are some things that are to be left unsaid, but for the most part reporters deserve to be able to do their jobs and citizens deserve the truth. So, I think that it is time to stop pretending that we are all "GOOD" guys because in war there is no such thing. Let's grow up as a world and start to take some credit for what we are doing. If we make a mistake, it shouldn't be how do we cover this up, it should be how do we make this right, how can we rearrange and regroup. It is not always possible in war for "the truth to come out" because well everyone is brainwashed. There are so many lies that by the end no one really knows what had gone on, but I think that is is safe to say that a nation knows when they were lied to and well nothing good is to come from that as Bush knows.

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