I Don't Think Anybody Cares
by James Glaser
June 7, 2010

Yesterday morning, Antiwar.com had a story about five NATO troops being killed in Afghanistan. They reported that four of those killed were Americans, and the nationality of the fifth was unknown.

I read that report at about 1:00 pm and then checked the New Your Times and the Drudge Report looking for more information. Neither of these two web pages had covered this story.

Why not cover this? I believe they don't think American deaths in Obama's War on terror are that important any more. There have been too many Americans killed to make a good story with a new one. Maybe they believe that the only people who really care are the close loved ones of those killed, and it is looking like that is true in America today.

Tiger Woods, the oil spill, the economy, and sports stories all take precedence over war coverage. Here is the news feed antiwar.com published if you are interested:

Jun 06, 2010 09:02 EDT

NATO says that five international troops have been killed in one day in separate incidents in Afghanistan. The alliance says three members of its force were killed Sunday in a vehicle accident in southern Afghanistan. Another service member died the same day when a makeshift bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan. And a fifth NATO service member was killed Sunday in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Joseph T. Breasseale said the three troops who died in the vehicle accident were American, as was the one killed in an attack in the east. The nationality of the fifth death was not immediately available.

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