What are we doing?

If you are not appalled by reaching the 2000 dead mark with the Iraq war...
If you think that compared to Vietnam and World War II, that Iraq is a war without death...
If you think there is glory in the sacrifice for democracy...

watch this.

The above link is the brilliant photo montage "Bitter Fruit" by Paul Fusco, produced by Magnum in Motion.
There's no pictures of fallen soldiers..., no blood..., no gore.
Just honest pictures and compelling commentary.

After watching this piece I'm left with a heavy heart and a single thought... if Iraq does, somehow, end up as a lasting, free democracy... how can the Iraqi citizens possibly pay homage to those who sacrificed their own freedom? The unnamed faces of America's soldiers who paid the ultimate price and who's family suffered a horrible loss, are being hidden.

hat tip: Robert Freedland