Wondering Aloud

Is it because those young American soldiers dying in Iraq are so far away that it is not as sad as those who were killed in Virginia? Is it because the Bush Posse has made it illegal to take photographs of the flag draped coffins that fly in to the states every day? Is it because their deaths often go unmentioned or in a small blurb in our newspapers? Is it because the war is so distant from most people (unless you have a loved one serving there) that we forget there are young people dying in Iraq? Or is the fact that those in the military signed their own death certificates when they enlisted and those kids in the classrooms were simply pursuing their education? Minute by minute coverage of the students who were killed, who they were, what their major was, what their future plans were? Not to minimize their deaths, but what about those kids in Iraq? Don't they deserve the same? I was just wondering? Each death is tragic in my mind. Don't they count too?

You may view the faces of those who have died this month in Iraq. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/