I woke up during the night at about 3:30 AM and turned on CNN to see what was going on with the war.

They were showing a couple of Army medics tending to a wounded Iraqi soldier. Evidently, a CNN crew saw that this fellow was alive, amidst many dead Iraqi soldiers, and brought it to the attention of the medics.

He had been there about 5 or 6 hours, they figured, and he was wounded in the leg and buttocks, but not life threatening injuries, although he probably would have died if he hadn't been rescued and helped by the medics.

Although CNN didn't show his face, the reporter said that the fellow was obviously relieved and grateful for the medical attention he was receiving. They were cleaning his injuries and giving him an IV, before they carried him off the battlefield (there was still active combat going on during all of this) on a stretcher to the nearest 'mash.'

I'd like to think that this kind of thing would be happening, without the embedded media there to record it for posterity, but I guess I'm not totally convinced about that.

And I'd also like to think that the other side would treat our wounded soldiers just the same, but again, I'm not convinced at all that this is happening.

And finally, if one minute two guys are bitter opponents and the next minute they are tending to each other with care and concern, why can't we just skip the first step (opposition) and go directly to the second step (care and concern)?