[optimistically_conservative]

Still not perfect. Of course, zero deaths is best.

This is indicative of how FReepers succumb to idiotic thinking beset by liberal spin.

OK, I want death suspended in Iraq. Nobody gets sick. Nobody dies of natural causes. Nobody dies of any accidents doing anything the least bit risky. Well, at least in Iraq for our miltary.

In all my time in the military we've never had zero deaths in any year, and I've never heard anyone say, "Still not perfect. Of course, zero deaths is best."

The laughter at such idiocy would have killed people in the room.

[dhs12345]

However, to demand perfection will result in more than if no one demands perfection.

Some people accept the status quo. Others demand better and sometimes succeed.

"You don't always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes you get what you need."

All I am suggesting is that they try harder to prevent the deaths of our service men and women. And if that doesn't work try harder.

Also, I am a pragmatist: I realize that people die during war. And this war in Iraq is absolutely necessary.

I would demand perfection if my son or daughter were over there.