Reporter Questions His Role

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As I was enjoying the scenery, joking about cup holders, he was looking for threatening vehicles and suicide bombers. It is easy for me to feel relaxed, because I was thinking about stories and pictures. He was thinking about people who want to kill us.

We chatted for a second about what he was looking for in the buildings and roads. And then he asked me, “Why doesn’t Afghanistan get as much press as the war in Iraq? People die here every day.”

I said something about the fact there are more media members in Iraq, and a larger force, and more who have died.

But I really didn’t have an answer that satisfied him or me.