Is war pornographic, or is it the other way 'round?

If Soldier of Fortune magazine had published Steve Meisel's models-in-the-mud-with-soldiers photos (not that they would have, but it's funny to think so), the outrage would have been loud and long across the spectrum. (Conservatives would've had their own issues.)
But since Italian Vogue published (and commissioned) them, not a peep out of the lefties.
Funny about that...