Over at Salon, Lindsay Beyerstein has a probing interview with photojournalist Nina Berman, who took one of the most iconic, searing pictures of the Iraq War. The shot isn't from Baghdad, though, it's from Illinois, where Renee Kline and Ty Ziegel were getting married. Ty was an Iraq vet and, well, you should just look at the photograph. Be warned, though, it's tough to see. It also illustrates one of Berman's points:
One of the issues in this war is that many of the wounded are really, really badly wounded -- they don't need one surgery, they need 30 surgeries that can go on for over a year. So in order for a family to be with a wounded loved one that whole time, they might have to quit their jobs and move -- and the government doesn't pay for that. Maybe it'll pay for a week, and that's it.
There's a charity, Fisher House, which helps those families, providing low-cost or free lodging for the duration of a loved one's treatments. If you're so moved, you can support their work here.
