No matter what your political persuasion may be, you must concede that this is very disturbing video: Link . My eyes were starting to weep blood like the villain in Casino Royale . The footage on CBS News showed that even Bush had a curious expression, hovering somewhere between amused and bemused, as this was taking place.

This is one of countless stories of tragedy that have come out of the Second Iraq War. Matt Maupin, a staff sergeant with the U.S. Army, was the first soldier kidnapped in this conflict, back in 2004. He was just twenty years old then. He used to work at Sam's Club in the small town of Batavia, OH to make extra money for college. For the same reason, he joined the Army Reserves: like many of the members of our all-volunteer army, he needed a way to help pay for college. Friends and cowork...