Yep. We have so much regard for human life that we (easily) let ourselves be talked into starting a war that has, so far, killed 1.2 million. (http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/). Some might take the fact that "billy ross" mentioned only the 4,094 U.S. dead (as of 6/8/08) as proof that U.S. concern about casualties is selective.

BTW, the story concerns a U.S. contractor's retrofitting of an Iraqi building for U.S. use. So, whoever built it, it's our problem now. A metaphor for the whole country.

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