I hate to see acrimony among some of the older members on this thread. A better title would have been (borrowing from RVN Airplane Driver's paragraph):
"Although every loss is tragic, compared to WW I or II, Viet Nam, or Korea, Iraq is a relatively low loss war."
IMO, dominic's post was meant to say we need to support our troops by seeing them through to the end by winning the war, NOT cutting and running, and if comparisons needed to be made to prior conflicts and wars to remind fence straddlers that this war is one of many we have proudly waged and won, then so be it.
On an individual basis every loss is obviously tragic for the soldier and the family, hence the reaction that is being generated on the thread.
Just my 2 cents.