Of course Iraqi or Afghani civilian deaths are not comparable to American deaths.When 32 innocents are slaughtered at Virginia Tech it is a national day of mourning and reflection.Hundreds of thousands killed in Iraq or 50 killed in Afghanistan oh well ho hum that is the price they must pay for our idea of democracy.Until we realize that for every death there is a brother, uncle, wife kids and other relatives who now hate us the war against terroism is lost.These people are not numbers they are just like us and whoever kills their relatives they are not going to embrace that entity.Until we understand that basic reality and change our policies the war on terror is never ending.Remember this you can send wave after wave of our young to fight but unless you can change the hearts and minds of the people you can never win.

Karzai, the Mayor of Kabul, must have very thick patience for it to be wearing thin over so many years of these atrocities by the US forces and their surrogates. The killing of civilians by the occupation forces is a weekly(at least) occurrence in Afghanistan. Surely its time someone was charged by the Army, so they can have their pay docked or walk away as they always do.