It was an unfortunate statement that he obviously regretted making, and he certainly was not trying to be dismissive of our troop losses. Needless to say, he was hammered mercilessly by the left.
Hm. I use that analogy all of the time!! When people start that line about how many have died in Iraq, I ALWAYS say "and how may die in LA a year, where there's not even a war!??! Should we pull out from there too??"
Shuts them right up!