Excerpt... While it is certainly unfortunate that Ms. Sgrena was injured, and even more regrettable that Mr. Calipari was killed, the reality of a combat zone - especially one as spontaneously hostile as Baghdad - reveals its bloody condition daily. The Soldiers manning those checkpoints don't have the luxury to relent their vigilance to the disposition of a Roman intersection. If their guard fails, people die by the dozens. Ms. Sgrena lives to recollect her fortune at retaining her head while manifesting a seething hatred for the men and women that defend Western Civilization on the edge of chaos, and never considering the scores whose blood will drench every dollar paid for her liberation... a price far higher than the value of the merchandise it purchased.