American Deaths In Iraq

The only news I can find on American TV and print media brings me the story every day that, due to a bombing or a suicide raid or something, that some number of Americans were killed in Iraq. Along with that, ever how many Iraqis blew themselves up or died when a terrorist blew them up.

First, it's hard to tell one day from another, except for the number and in what city the terrorist action occurred. Eleven dead? Is that the same report you were talking about yesterday, or is this a different eleven?

For another thing, there is always the implication that it is somehow the fault of the soldiers or their leaders or something. What's wrong with blaming the murders on the murderers?

I think it would be neat if we focused the same public-relations wizardry that sold us on the idea of staying in debt all our lives for stuff we don't need (an ongoing theme in this 'blog, you'll see it again) on promoting freedom from fear in Iraq.We convinced everybody that we put a man on the moon, why can't we convince them that you don't have to kill people just because they don't agree with you?

Oh, wait-- they don't agree with us about that, and we are killing them. I guess we'd have a hard time convincing them, after all...

I'd also like to know how many people were killed by senseless violence in other parts of the world, like Africa, China, and L.A. I just bet that more Americans died in America than in Iraq.