Three Monkeys Online

A Curious, Alternative Magazine

Marine Wedding

The searing images captured by Nina Berman of wounded U.S. troops returned from Iraq dissolve any false comfort that might be derived from separating the injured from the dead in casualty statistics.

In particular, the photograph titled “Marine Wedding” makes you want to go out and grab a cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq–one of those still cosily ensconced in a think tank or op-ed pulpit (Christopher Hitchens, Irving Kristol, or Charles Krauthammer come to mind)–and force them to stare at the picture until they vow never again to mouth off in public.