Andrew J. Bacevich is a professor at Boston University. His son, also named Andrew, died on May 13 in Iraq after a suicide bomb attack."Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it," Bacevich wrote in a column published in yesterday's Washington Post. "I know what value the U.S. government assigns to a soldier's life: I've been handed the check. It's roughly what the Yankees will pay Roger Clemens per inning once he starts pitching next month."
The column is online here at the Post's web site. The above photo is from a Boston Globe story about a Vermont company that makes headstones for the graves of veterans. That article ran yesterday as well and is available here.
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