[RedEyeJack]

This is a “blinding flash of insight”...

If any of the Democrats is elected our Al Queda enemies will have his (or her) measure. A demonstrated lack of will and a willingness to retreat in the face of minor adversity (made major by a hyperbolic press) will be what they see. Three thousand warfighter deaths over four years from a population of 300 million is minor by any historical perspective. If a democrat showing this lack of will and resolve is elected we will face attacks everywhere we are resented... stand by

[thelastvirgil]

If you think the mess we are in now is bad, just wait until the inevitable do-over.

[Polybius]

Three thousand warfighter deaths over four years from a population of 300 million is minor by any historical perspective.

By contrast, 639,000 Americans died during the Civil War (Union - 359,000 dead ; The Confederacy - 280,000 dead) out of a total population of 31,443,790 in 1860.