Outrage for 1 innocent Italian dead == what about the 10,000 Iraqis?

[cthrumatrix]

It's horrible to what happend with the Italian journalist, the brave Italian secret sevrice who negotiated her release and the tragic death at a "US Military hit" to be determined.

But what about the 10,000 or so innocnet Iraqi's in this war?

Who points out the US errors?

Where is their state funeral?

Where is the outrage of the occupationa and slain of the innocence?

It goes to show you how the media views a "life". If you are rich or connected...it means something. If you are an innocnet child of God in Iraq --- what does that mean?

[ecstatic]

1. racism and religiout bias, but then again

People have followed this story and can't help but be outraged by the tragic ending. Nobody (no reporters) are really covering the individual stories of innocent Iraqis who are dying in this mess.

[Vladimir]

5. Indeed, because the 'other'

cannot be individualized, lest it stop being the 'other' and become something far more familiar... a dead Iraqi is a statistic, who in any case had it coming to them. We couldn't sleep at night otherwise.

[izzie]

2. Like we were up-set about the 2 million in Vietnam killed?

Or the American Indians? Come on, we just do not think about it.

[wtbymark]

3. I thought Iraqi civilian deaths were more towards 100,000

[daa]

4. My question is whether General Mattis

has as much "fun" killing Italians and Bulgarians in "friendly" fire?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. Over 100,000 Iraqis.......................................... n/t

[RebelOne]

10. You beat me to it. I was going to correct that also. n/t

[lumpy]

7. The Italian killing

is newsworthy because the victims lived to tell about the attack and it makes for an intriguing story. I'm sure most people with a conscience agonize over the deaths of thousands of Iraq citizens by the US action in this un-called for and illegal war that cannot even be described as pre-emptive.

[indepat]

8. There is no outrage for the ideological mantra is a Republican president

can do whatever he likes or wants, no one questions it, and there is no accountability.

[Karenina]

9. Accountability.

Hmmmmmm.....