[Lotus]

I'm with you, CRed. There is a troubling lack of attention.

That said, I think part of the reason for a lack of outcry is that the Afghan war is seen more as appropriate and necessary. In Afghanistan we are fighting against the authors of Sept. 11 or their ideological descendants. We should be bringing bin Laden to justice and the place to find him is on the Afghan/Pakistan border.

On the other hand, Iraq never had anything to do with Sept. 11, as we know from CIA and U.S. Army reports. From this point of view, the Iraq war is less necessary. Thus there is greater outcry about Iraq losses, as the losses seem more unnecessary.