It's quite correct that US casualties in Iraq are minuscule low compared with, say, road fatalities, domestic accidents or food poisoning cases, let alone with WW2 or Vietnam. So why do all you Americans start wailing when a bunch of GI's get unlucky? It sounds callous, but the adequate responses would be: "Oh, very sad. Now let's hear some important news, like about basketball results." or even "Is that the best they can do? Bring 'em on!" After all, during WW2 nobody bothered too much about casualties.
Seriously, you can take losses on this scale indefinitely; recruiting is only slightly down. If you don't want the casualties affecting morale, just ignore them, show the enemy that casualties don't faze you. After all, the troops volunteered and they're doing their job.
As Roosevelt (?) said, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen".
If you really think this is WW3, count yourselves lucky you've lost so few men.
I'll tell you why, as you so "quaintly" state "...why do all you Americans start wailing when a bunch of GI's get unlucky?"
The reason is, as opposed to our enemies, we value each and every one of our troops. They are our children, our brothers and sisters, our parents, our coworkers, our friends and neighbors. They are our BLOOD.
Our troops are the best America has to give, and IMO each drop of their blood is worth more than the lives of all the scum WE now fight to the death.
Let me try to make it simple for you, Americans are humans, NOT frikkin animals.
Rodger that?