Editing Email Forwards

Short version: I hate email forwards, but people still send them to me.

This is the email forward I got:

This is the new version (click once to open and again to play):

The High Cost of Being Gay

High Costs in the USA.

High Costs in Iraq.

These situations are, of course, not comparable to each other, and I'm not suggesting they ought to be compared. Just putting the information out there.