A wrecker towing a water buff. REMFs. They made a wrong turn and died. It happens. You say, at the top of your voice, "F**K!" and swallow, and vow that you will be more careful. Every bit of knowledge that keeps the other troops alive comes at the cost of some mother's son not going home.
It took 6 weeks for an FNG to be trusted not to kill himself or everyone else in the squad. These poor souls have been at it for 72 hours. It's called war.
Imagine a cop in a dark alley, in downtown D.C. He walks into the middle of a drug deal, and the shooting starts. Sometimes he wins, sometimes he doesn't. Multiply it by 250,000...
I've seen plenty of pictures of dead Iraqi soldiers. Is it OK to show them?