Yes, unfortunetly we are at war, or rather more truthfully, caught in some body elses civil war. It is not a fairy tale, no, none whats so ever. To
even think such saddens me..

..you are lucky to have not been there.
Too many people have died and die every day for it to be thought of any thing less than real.
Yes, the government keeps secrets, but then even family members keep secrets from each other. For what reason/s it don't matter, 90% of the time, if
one don't want to hear the truth for what it is, they will refuse to beleive it any way. You can't change what some one else wants to think.
There are many more years left to be fought in Iraq, and more so yet before US Forces openly engage another nation.
There is no lack of information about what is going on, perhaps it is not as commonly reported, because of how "unpopular" it is. But then why
should war ever be poplular?
If one wanted information on the war, it is only a search engine away. It's real, but not real enough if you havn't been there, only then does it
become painfully real...