Ugly

We've been involved in these ugly wars for almost 10 years now. People tend to forget about that except every now and again when it accidentally becomes photogenically ugly.

The German newsmagazine Der Spiegel has published two photographs of U.S. Army soldiers posing with the corpse of an Afghan civilian, The Washington Post reports. The photographs are included in the print issue of Der Spiegel being distributed today, but advance copies of the images were sent to subscribers in an email over the weekend.

The Washington Post reports that the photographs depict a moment shortly after the civilian was killed in an incident the Army has classified as a murder.

Of course it won't take long to have the point obscured. For example, who wants to bet that if WWL radio treats this story at all, it will be with a listener poll asking if you are outraged that the photos were published?