Put it in plain terms. If casualty levels like the current war (eleventh in the eleven major wars the US has fought) had always been "too high," we would be singing "God Save the Queen" at the beginning of ball games. Also, ask this lunkhead whether he will give up his car because the death rate is "too high." Automobiles take the lives of about 35,000 Americans per year -- and that's down substantially from a decade ago.
Your liberal associate is historically illiterate. And he will probably become hostile when you attempt to insert some facts into his brain.
Congressman Billybob
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