In the middle week of February 2011, Charlie Sheen, a 45-year-old substance abuser and crackpot, was all over the news, the tabloids and the Internet.
In the middle week of February 2011 these U.S. Marines gave their lives.
- Justin Allen 23
- Brett Linley 29
- Matthew Weikert 29
- Justus Bartett 27
- Dave Santos 21
- Jesse Reed 26
- Matthew Johnson 21
- Zachary Fisher 24
- Brandon King 23
- Christopher Goeke 23
- Sheldon Tate 27
There is no media for them. Not even a mention of their names. They just died, far away from home and friends, doing a dirty, thankless, lonely job – proudly.
Presumably for us.