I have to agree with the other poster - I am conservative and have also opposed this war from the beginning. Say what you want about the American left, but I have seen no one from either side of the fence "dance with glee" or whatever when Americans die in Iraq. If they really somehow relished the idea of Americans dying, I think they would have supported - not opposed - the war.
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They don't relish the idea of Americans dying. They relish the idea of making Bush look bad. And if Americans die in the course of that happening, then their mindset is "Oh, well. C'est la vie."
Consider a slightly different case, that of that Brazilian guy mistakenly killed by the Brits on the subway a couple of weeks back. Don't you think the left was secretly ecstatic that it turned out he WASN'T a terrorist? Think about that for a minute and consider what it means that they would be happy about that.
Actually your wrong, the Left has lapped up any news of American casualties. They can't help themselves... anybody watching them has noticed them revel in the death of American soldiers in Iraq.