Barbaro is recovering...
Horse racing fans have really taken a shine to Barbaro, the winner of the Kentucky Derby, who broke his leg in the Preakness. He has had surgery and a cast on the broken leg, but this is putting pressure on his other leg and it has an infection that could be fatal. I find it interesting that we inbreed our horses to become thoroughbred racers, but it also brings with it the fragile condition of the legs. Then when the horse has a break, we get really emotionally involved, almost personalizing the horse. Oh how I wish we would take the injury of humans as seriously. We count dead bodies in wartime, in disasters, and in accidents, sometimes without taking stock of the eternal soul of the individuals involved. My initial reaction to our killing of Zarqawi was "good", but then it hit me that he will never have a chance to escape hell for eternity. I wish we had a more effective way to evangelize the Muslim people, before they are killed in the various wars in the Middle East.