Who was shocked? Who felt awe? Was it a shock that the most-advertised war in history had begun? Were Iraqis, repeatedly bombed since 1991, shocked? Killed, wounded, yes of course. Was the anti-war movement not shocked that it had failed? Is it still perhaps in shock?
Awe: a sense of reverence.
Are we not still in awe, unable to stop or divert a war that has no justification other than to keep us in awe?
Time to talk about the images that have crashed into our screens and kept us in shock and awe, despite ourselves.