Iraqi Lives: Do they matter to Americans?

I was reminded again this morning about how myopic the media and in general politicians can be in regards to the casualties of the Iraq war. On MSNBC's Morning Joe part of the political talk touched on Iraq and its costs, and one of the hosts (the woman, can't remember her name) mentioned the loss of American life in the war. True, but what about the much larger loss of Iraqi life in the war? As often happens, it goes unspoken, because I guess media types don't think that it's important to mention.

Why do they not think that it's important? My view is that they and politicians don't think that Americans care about Iraqi lives, and maybe they're right. Right or wrong, there is still the perception that Americans don't care, and I think this more than anything else causes resentment in the world, particularly in non-caucasian areas, towards America. And why shouldn't parts of the world or even the whole world be resentful if it thinks Americans don't care about anything but their own.

Sure, America sends alot of foreign aid to all parts of the world, and I'm sure that that is appreciated. However, on a more personal level, it's got to rub the world the wrong way when all the American media and politicians just talk about the American losses in the Iraq war.