The Price

Balad AirBase, Iraq

From Johny Dwyer of the NY Times Magazine:

As of March 18, 11,344 American soldiers had been injured in the war in Iraq......

"These young kids are heroes," says Col. Joseph Brennan, a head and neck surgeon. "Somebody's got to pay the price. And these kids are paying the price."

To which one can only ask - why?

Why does any kid, no matter where they are from, have to pay that price, or worse, for no good reason at all?

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