Yes, the VT shootings were tragic. Yes, it raises issues that need to be debated by our country.

But look at how our entire country reacted to the death of just 32 people. If it happened in Iraq, it would be considered a good day. Iraq has 1/10 the population of the United States thus the equivalent number of people dying in United States vs. Iraq is ten-fold.

See the people weeping and gnashing their teeth. The youth line up for psycological counseling while family and friends mourn. Our President gives a speech while the media focuses like a laser on every single detail surrounding the incident. 32 people dead, murdered by gun shot, and Our Nation almost comes unglued.

Now imagine Iraq. In Iraq the average is about 80 people dying every single day, some from bombs, others from bullets to the head, and still others are tortured to death. 80 people dying in Iraq would be equivalent to 800 people dying in the United States on a population basis.

Now imagine Our Country losing 800 Americans every single day for 4 years and you might be able to comprehend the horror and the tragedy Iraqis are experiencing.

Baghdad Bombings Leave at Least 127 Dead

By Karin Brulliard
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 18, 2007; 11:00 AM

BAGHDAD, April 18 -- A string of bombings killed at least 127 people across Baghdad Wednesday, as bloodshed spiked two months into a U.S.-led crackdown meant to placate the Iraqi capital.

The carnage underscored the profound insecurity that continues to plague the nation, where additional American soldiers are being deployed in an attempt to curb sectarian violence.

The attacks came as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged to have Iraqi troops assume full security control of the nation's 18 provinces by the end of the year, news services reported.

The deadliest attack occurred this afternoon when a car bomb ripped through the al-Sadriya market in a predominantly Shiite area of central Baghdad and killed at least 82 people, police said. The same market was the site of a Feb. 3 bombing that killed more than 125 people, the gravest single bombing since the war in Iraq began.

Earlier, a suicide bomber slammed into a police checkpoint in the vast Shiite enclave of Sadr City, killing at least 30, police said. Other bombings, near a hospital in the central Baghdad area of Karrada and in a minibus in the northwest area of Risafi, killed at least 15, police said.

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