How is it kind to mourn each sacrifice while ignoring why the sacrifice was made? It's the opposite of "concern" to turn each noble sacrifice into a reason NOT to fight for freedom. The press's 24/7 funeral dirge also endangers the troops by giving the enemy false hope. The press knows that the enemy is strengthened when America's will is shaken.
When the press coverage rose to a fever pitch at the end of June, you would have thought the enemy was slaughtering our "poor, defenseless, victims" daily. Bunk. What an insult. Our many warriors were involved in three major aggressive campaigns that month across Iraq. From June 9 - July 8: we lost a total of 24 troops: 15 hostile, 9 non-hostile; 50 wounded: 36 hostile, 13 non-hostile, 1 pilot ejected, cause under investigation. Over 176,000 troops paid back the enemy that month - with help from the grateful Iraqi people. Facts matter. Comparisons matter, especially when facts slap the enemy down and encourage the troops - and the free world.
Our troops went to war 4 months ago. They deserve our congratulations, not our pity.
Numbers are important. Saddam's loyalists are a nasty bunch who used info, backed up by torture, death or imprisonment, to incite fear in the Iraqi people for decades. Now, our 'objective' press is doing our enemies' bidding, playing enemy propaganda, hyping casualties. The troops hear the news. More importantly, their mothers hear the news.
Around 177,992 troops avenged the 8 fallen last week. They took out far more bad guys.