If the media went crazy about Six Days in Fallujah, whose publisher, Konami, jumped ship, then you can't expect anything less, I suppose.
America will continue to flip out about these titles for years. The war on terror hasn't officially ended, as far as I know. The troops still need to be taken out of the Middle East.
Maybe devs should wait another few decades first, like they did with WW II. They didn't have much choice then though, seeing as video gaming didn't really exist back in the 1940s...
Sources& Resources:
Bluesnews
Kotaku
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