It was my birthday. We were early for the movie so we grabbed a coffee. While sipping my drink I glanced at the day's newspaper. Three soldiers had been killed, "100 Soldiers Dead" read the headline.
In black and white newsprint, the photos could have been from another time. But these are not the soldier boys of yesteryear, they were the faces of men. Career soldiers fighting a war that had gone on longer than World War 2. A war with no impact on my life.
Three soldiers died on my birthday and it hadn't changed a thing.
Made in December 2008.
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Death toll up to 157 as of Oct 29, 2011.
Is this war still going?
I'd completely forgot...
What was it about again?
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