[Illbay]

I had a thought last night.

Can you imagine a headline like this?

Heavy Fighting on Guadalcanal

Marine Casualties Mounting; American Opinion Polls Call for Pullback and Reassessment - President Consults Senate Leader

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Monday, March 04, 2002

SURMAD, Afghanistan  — A U.S. Chinook troop transport helicopter was shot down by enemy fire Monday afternoon in eastern Afghanistan, incurring multiple fatalities, Pentagon sources said. 

The helicopter was moving troops during the largest battle of the Afghan war, as 1,500 American, Afghan and allied Western troops continued their assault upon several hundred heavily armed Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters holed up in the caves of Paktia province. 

[AppyPappy]

DASHLE COMPLAINS ABOUT TROOPS IN HARMS WAY, QUESTIONS WORTH OF USING AMERICAN TROOPS WHEN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED BY BUDGET IMPASSE

[tobiasjodter]

Yes, I can imagine a headline like that unfortunately. It is amazing to me the gloom and doom I have been hearing on the radio on the way in to work this morning. I heard one so-called expert say that this loss of life is an unexpected surprise (Tony Blankley). We go into a ground battle against hundreds or thousands of the enemy and it's a surprise that someone on our side gets killed???? Another military expert insisted that U.S Forces have been out-smarted and this is a catastophe of epic proportions (Ken Allard). He was falling all over himself to compare this with Vietnam and Somolia. I could see him going into the fetal position as he moaned about how much tougher the Al queda are than us.

Yeah, no one wants anyone to die, but I fail to see why people are so surprised. Soldiers get killed in war. We have no freaking clue what is happening over there. Steady, steady all you arm chair experts.