A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life.

I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions.

Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time for us to remember that those who serve in civilian life also embody the American spirit and are worthy of our praise as well.

It's American pride. It's for every American who puts their life at stake for our country overseas here in America, the men, the firemen, the policemen, anybody you know that anyone who puts their life on the line for America.

For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the ones that changed fundamentally the map of Bosnia, not the Bosnian army.

American journalists tend to treat inequality as a fact of life. But it needn't be.