Because American "kids" come out to a military with a long history of hard won knowledge from decades of being a global superpower while Iraqi "kids" join a military being built from scratch. Because American "kids" come from a society where from birth they are trained to be free as opposed to "Iraqi" kids who grew up wondering if they would be ALIVE tomorrow. Because American "Kids" joined a military where some officers have more time IN COMBAT them most of the Iraqi Officers HAVE IN THE ARMY. Because American "Kids" join the military of the worlds lone superpower with all the wealth and infrastructure they need while Iraq kids joining the worlds newest army. Etc Etc ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC.....
This is just another example of the Hysteric Left's psuedo-intellectualism. The slogan Russert spouts sound all wise and clever to the superficial and the ignorant. The statement is actually incredibility stupid. A person of Russert's supposed intellectual accomplishments should NOT being making such mind numbingly STUPID statements.
Your post was number 400 so we have exceeded what you thought might be the total LOL