Michelle Malkin has an infuriating story about how the New York Times, in their tribute to the 2000 soldiers who have died in Iraq, used the picture of Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr and told the story of the letter that Cpl. Starr had left on his computer for his girlfriend. The Times selectively quoted from that letter to make it seem that Starr was just fatalistic about his chances of surviving the war. This is what the Times included in their tribute.

''I kind of predicted this,'' Corporal Starr wrote of his own death. ''A third time just seemed like I'm pushing my chances.''

But the Corporal's uncle wrote in and gave the rest of that paragraph.

"Obviously if you are reading this then I have died in Iraq. I kind of predicted this, that is why I'm writing this in November. A third time just seemed like I'm pushing my chances. I don't regret going, everybody dies but few get to do it for something as important as freedom. It may seem confusing why we are in Iraq, it's not to me. I'm here helping these people, so that they can live the way we live. Not have to worry about tyrants or vicious dictators. To do what they want with their lives. To me that is why I died. Others have died for my freedom, now this is my mark."

His uncle wanted to make sure that his nephew's beliefs became known. Now they have.