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on the same day? . . . in a state or region the size of Iraq? . . .
why is this somehow less important, less worthy of notice, or any less horrific because it's happening to Iraqis in Iraq? . . . this apathy to carnage is a huge failure of American morality -- particularly since it's happening because we invaded and occupied a sovereign nation that didn't threaten us in any way . . .
just once I'd like to see the media express -- and the public feel -- the sense of horror and regret that's due these victims . . . it's particularly disgusting when people who consider themselves "religious" have no empathy whatsoever because, after all, "they're only Iraqis" (sometimes expressed, sometimes merely implicit) . . .
every one of these individuals had a mother, a father, sons, daughters, grandparents, cousins, nieces, nephews and/or others who loved them just as much as (most) Americans love their families and friends . . . relegating their stories to a brief mention on Page 18B -- or not mentioning them at all -- says a lot about American ethics and morality, and it's pretty ugly . . .
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