What you don't know is that an American GI has so much respect for human life that he sometimes get shot in the back by the very people he just saved. You don't know how much we prepare for combat. Every pre-combat "briefing" will tell you the logistics of the operation. In Nam we were fighting so close to the enemy, and the civilians were a fishing line apart (2 pound test) we were hard to have separated them. The NVA and Cong knew this. So, they surrounded them selves with civilians. Cowards do this! Cowards deserve what they get.
These guys in Afganastan deserve our respect, and our support. This is not a great job, nor does it pay well. These guys are defending OUR country, they are seeking retrobution for lives, innocent lives, wasted!
I tried twice to re-enlist and go to Afganastan as a Ranger (101st Airborne).....I was too old (I'm 54). When they get down to the bottom of the barrel, I'll still be there, and ready to fight for my country.