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Len, it does make a difference.
If a person views a war as just, proper and in the interest of the US, losing 3K over 5 years would be palatable to the vast majority of those people. But if a person views a war as unjust, improper, wrong, not in the interest of the US, then losing 3K over 5 years is unpalatable.
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That's my whole point! That's all I'm trying to say. I understand that it's even human nature to do so, but it's still an incorrect thought process.
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I understand what you're trying to say, but I think the mistake your making is you're implicitly putting everyone in the first category.
I think you're also misstating the detractor's argument on soldier's deaths. Yes, they talk about the 3K already lost, but I think they are more focusing on the many more that will be lost if this is an endless war with no realistic, feasible exit/victory strategy. .
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Fair enough, like I said...it is a legitimate concern. It's the mischaracterization of the losses so far for political gain I speak of.