AP asks:
The country largely kept the faith during World War II, even as about 400,000 U.S. forces died - 20,000 just in the month long Battle of the Bulge. Before turning against the wars in Korea and Vietnam, Americans tolerated thousands more deaths than in Iraq.Answer: yes. That last one.
Has something changed? Do Americans somehow place higher value on the lives of their soldiers now? Do they expect success at lower cost? Or do most simply dismiss this particular war as the wrong one - hard to understand and harder to win - and so not worth the losses?
Give AP credit for recognizing that most people do 'dismiss this particular war as the wrong one'--the understanding still isn't universal in the news media. Still, it's depressing that they even have to ask.
Hat tip: Memeorandum.
[That's all, folks]
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