Some of the Dems were predicting up to 50,000 deaths before the Senate voted to invade Iraq.
In a normal peacetime year the military sustains 800 active duty deaths. Of course the Dems were mum about the lower benefits and pay given to the families of the 8700 who died during the Clinton years.
Any death sucks, but we knew it could be far worse going in. The President's opponents acting as the terrorists US PYSOP branch doesn't help matters either.