Every death is a tragedy, and I don’t mean to minimize the grief that is felt today with each loss in our war against terrorism — but I do find it staggering that losing 4000 people over a 5 year period is now seen as a sign that we’ve lost the war. We used to understand the cost of war a bit better in this country.
Even more so when the number of Kill in Action is 3597 [through June 2008], with about 900 being lost due to OTHER than hostile action with the enemy. [Natural causes etc]