Thank God our grandparents weren't such wusses during WWII. 2000 casualties in a single battle did not even rate as a major loss of life. That only 2000 have died, and not all of them in combat, over three YEARS against an enemy that has no armies and no rules of engagement, except blowing up as many people as possible, is miraculous! Our troops and their leaders have done and are doing a spectacular job. Shame on the leftists who cheapen the sacrifice of these courageous, dedicated men and women by their cheerleading for the jihadis. They deserve our scorn, not TV coverage and NYT homage.
They've tried to spin that only 300 were killed outside of combat. Unless they started to refine the list, I just don't believe it.
When the list was barely 1,000 (if that) I looked over the names and about one third were killed in accidents, sickness, and even in accidents or heart attacks in other countries like Kuwait or Germany. They padded the numbers so they could reach their tallies by the 9-11 anniversary, Veterans Day, etc. The "death list" is not a government list and different sites include or exclude different names. The most glaring example of this was a woman who died crossing a highway in Kansas while on leave. "Bush's Fault" my ass. While the Washington Poop does not include that death (any more, if they ever did) they do include a vehicular accident in Kuwait that occurred that same week.
The Death Watch folks are vultures.