What if Laci Peterson had lived in Iraq?
One American woman is killed along with her unborn child…another tragic example of domestic violence in a nation (and a world) overrun with such behavior. However, the mass media proceeds to dedicates hours and hours of news time to the story…while President (sic) Bush cynically exploits the media attention by signing the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. “Anytime an expectant mother is a victim of violence, two lives are in the balance, each deserving protection and each deserving justice,” Bush said at the time. “If the crime is murder, and the unborn child’s life ends, justice demands a full accounting under the law.” Fast forward to October 2004…and this photo from Iraq: Here’s the photo caption: “A man lays an unborn baby wrapped in white cloth on the body of its dead mother in a coffin placed next to her dead husband Thamer, early 04 October 2004 following a raid by the US military on Fallujah, a Sunni Muslim stronghold 50 kms west of Baghdad. Nine people, including women and
