Add two more titles to the list of films about the Middle East conflict that no one but masochistic liberals is going to see.

“Body of War,” which opens at the Tivoli on Friday, is a documentary about a paralyzed veteran from Kansas City who becomes an outspoken foe of the Iraqi occupation. To make it doubly repellent to the Right, it was directed by former TV talk-show host Phil Donahue.

“Standard Operating Procedure,” which I previewed Tuesday and which opens at the Tivoli on may 23, is a documentary about Abu Ghraib by Oscar winner Erroll Morris (”The Fog of War,” “The Thin Blue Line.”)

At this point, it probably makes no difference what I or other critics say about such films. The audience of diehards will show up and shake their heads, then the movies will close in a week.

Two-thirds of Americans tell pollsters they oppose the war. But at this point, most of them also would rather not hear or think about it. And the media has more than happily obliged. In the previous (and presumably last) debate between the Democratic candidates for president, more than 45 minutes elapsed before the moderators asked a single question that wasn’t about campaign tactics or blunders, let alone anything about the war.

But c’mon y’all: No matter how you feel about the war, shouldn’t the electorate be discussing the next steps (and what we’re willing to pay for them) ?

I don’t know for certain if someone has put low-grade sleeping pills in our water supply, but  do believe that this silence could go down as the biggest case of collective denial since Noah’s neighbors predicted sunny weather.