The war comes home: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Charlottesville connect
If war breaks out in the Middle East, and nobody's there to hear it, does it make a noise?
According to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center during the week of May 26-June 1, the news stories Americans are following most closely are the presidential election, the earthquake in China, the tornados in the midwest, the collapsing housing market, the new tell-all book by former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, and the NASA Mars landing. Nowhere on the list were the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yet for some locals, places like Fallujah and Kabul are as familiar as Crozet or Lovingston. As skirmishes erupt among the rocky cliffs and dusty streets halfway around the world, Charlottesvillians wonder if loved ones are safe and how long it will be before the sectarian violence can be peacefully resolved.
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