Organizing for America | Begin The Future: The "wasted" flap.

The "wasted" flap.

By Holds - Feb 14th, 2007 at 2:01 am EST

Also listed in: Hoosiers For Barack!!! | Indiana Obama Supporters

Comments | Mail to a Friend | Report Objectionable Content

I think the word "wasted" has connotations that were not what Obama was aiming for. It makes you think of throwing something in the garbage. I think the phrase "needlessly gave their lives" would have been more accurate. It indicates, perhaps, an overabundance of generosity on the part of the soldiers.

While from an objective point of view the results may be the same, the two turns of phrase give very different intimations of the subjective meaning: The first, is that of the suicide, or the O.D., the second that of the fireman who dies in a burning building trying to rescue someone who has already perished.

So apologizing for that choice of words is fair, and does not detract at all from Obama's overall position against the war.

Reader Comments	Comments RSS
Comments are closed for this post.

wasted is correct | Report to Admin

By John Feb 14th 2007 at 2:14 pm EST

As far as I'm concerned, he needn't apologize. Wasted is exactly the proper term. Those lives were wasted by the current administration in an effort to cover up their atrocious war. Their lives would have been put to better use in peacemaking efforts, not stopping cheap oil from crushing the Big Oil Cartel. If people only knew why we actually went to Iraq, there would be an outcry that would deafen the world.

Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign.