In this Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, U.S. soldiers patrol the outskirts of Spin Boldak, near the border with Pakistan, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press
Why all the attention about the shootings in Colorado? Sure, it is a terrible thing. But many weeks we lose more soldiers than that and hardly hear anything about their lives and their families in the news. How about equal time for the brave men and women who are fighting for freedom?
Douglas Flegal
Salt Lake City
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No one wants to remember the horrible leadership of the Bush administration.
Plus, if we talk about the wars, then we must talk about the cost. The cost ruins the right's claim that entitlements and "high taxes" are ruining More..
There's a HUGE difference between the two.
A soldier enlists and voluntarily puts himself in harm's way. A soldier knows he may die while doing his job - that he volunteered for.
A theater patron expects to be More..