Members Lucky Posted June 5, 2011 Members Posted June 5, 2011 The LA Times lists all the local homicides, along with a convenient map showing the location where the body was found. Most of the deaths are young black or Latino men. http://projects.latimes.com/homicide-report/ But, the Times is also vigilant in listing the deaths of local men fighting for their country in our overseas wars for freedom. Would a young black or Latino man be more likely to die at home, or at war? I'll bet the odds are even. Sad as well are the guys who come home severely maimed. In this collection of 8 photos showing guys being rehabilitated, such as it is, only one appears to be white: http://framework.latimes.com/2011/06/03/caring-for-grievously-wounded-troops/ Seeing pictures like this brings home the fact that these guys serve in Afghanistan to support a morally corrupt government in a country which has never been subdued by a foreign power. Why are we wasting these lives, these bodies? It may ultimately be a political question, and then of course it would be in the politics forum, where no one would likely see it anyway. I think that's the way the government wants it. So, kudos to the LA Times. If you read this far, then consider this other headline in today's Times: Robert Gates predicts 'modest' U.S. troop reduction next month in Afghanistan. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-gates-20110605,0,3678193.story Quote
