[Rodney King]

A close look at photos of American service personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan reinforces the painful truism that soldiers and Marines are doing virtually all of the fighting and dying. This isn't a new phenomenon. From Korea to Iraq, four out of five of those who died at the hands of the enemy were infantrymen. Not just soldiers and Marines, but infantrymen, a force that today comprises less than 6 percent of those in uniform.

Who would he prefer do the fighting and dying? Non-soldiers?

[dirtboy]

Who would he prefer do the fighting and dying? Non-soldiers?

This is one of the stranger critiques I have seen. It's right up there with the claim that, if we had Vietnam-era weapons, tactics and medical treatment, we would have Vietnam-era casualties.