The Press reveals their true feelings
This story points out where the Press is with it's motives. Media Celebrate 2,000 U.S. Dead in Iraq.
Yes, they celebrate those nice round numbers, because all of those zeros add up in their minds to be something noteworthy.
The Press was against the US after WWII and they are against the US now. Go back and look at Time and Life, the New York Times, et. al., and see how they screamed "Bring home the troops," "We've lost the peace," and so on. It took years to rebuild German cities under the Marshall Plan, it took years to stop the Werewolves, and it took years for Germany to set up a new government. Compared to the speed of things that happened in Japan and Germany, we are moving at lightspeed in Iraq. We are also doing it with less casualties than in Germany.
And here's another thing that the Press won't report. We lose almost as many people through accidents and training exercises in peacetime than we have lost in Iraq. That's right. The military loses several hundred servicemembers a year through on and off duty incidents. The Navy loses at least one sailor per ship during a 6 month deployment simply because ships are such dangerous places. The most dangerous place on the planet outside of wartime is the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
Think about that.