Attack on Iraq Teachers

"BAGHDAD -- Gunmen killed a schoolteacher Wednesday on her way to class in a well-to-do Baghdad neighborhood, the third attack on Iraqi educators this week." -- LA Times Article

According to recent news, a number of educators have been killed in Iraq, including a mathematics's teacher and a school principle. Obviously the death rate in Iraq has been high due to the carelessness of the black water guards and others stationed in Iraq, but if we are supposedly there to help the Iraq people build a better, more sufficient government, then we are not doing what we claimed was our goal. The teachers are the foundation of the future, preparing children for advancement in the real world. When soldiers and guards start attacking teachers it just shows how there really are no boundaries in this so called "war on terrorism."

Now I don't condone any sort of killing in Iraq, and I find it extremely interesting that there would be an article on the fact that three educators have died in the past week when hundreds are dying every week. But it is understandable that there is concern, because these deaths affect not only the families of those who died but also the children who depended on their education skills in order to become knowledgeable students.