So after being on FR for 12 years, you think there’s a shortage of concern here for the welfare of American troops? That’s like thinking there’s a shortage of drug users at DU.
So, get a grip, please.
One also wonders if you really think, as you seem to, that emotional states like respect, bereavement and compassion are part of a zero sum game. Do you really believe that if someone figures the death of a household name is news that somehow means that the war is not news? If someone is saddened that a guy who had a hard life has died far too young that means there is less sadness available for them to feel about another young man giving his life for his country? Compassion is a finite pool that must be divided?
Well put. Hopefully we all have plenty of compassion to go around. In fact, hopefully we grow in that area. I know I need to have more and more.