# Why doesn't everyone just shut the fuck up about how well the war is going.

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**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-everyone-just-shut-the-fuck-up-about-how-well-the-war-is-going/163348 "2003-03-22T12:26:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-everyone-just-shut-the-fuck-up-about-how-well-the-war-is-going/163348/1 "2003-03-22T12:26:39Z")

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Listening to CNN last night you would have thought we already won the war. Some blond, blue-eyed hottie reporter betrayed her cheerleader roots when exclaiming “So General, I hear it’s going REALLY WELL!” I immediately went to the basement and knocked on a block of wood until my knuckles were raw. Don’t tempt the Gods!

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-everyone-just-shut-the-fuck-up-about-how-well-the-war-is-going/163348/2 "2003-03-22T12:37:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \*  
> I immediately went to the basement and knocked on a block of wood until my knuckles were raw.

If this is true you need to chill. Go take a walk of something mate. ☹

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**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-everyone-just-shut-the-fuck-up-about-how-well-the-war-is-going/163348/3 "2003-03-22T14:42:37Z")

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I sort of agree, **KC**. I figure it’s all going to bite us in the ass when we reach Baghdad.

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**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-everyone-just-shut-the-fuck-up-about-how-well-the-war-is-going/163348/4 "2003-03-22T14:52:45Z")

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Now that it has started, I would much rather hear that the operation is going well, than it is not.