Wil: I don't know about anyone else, but statements like 'tell that to the families of the KIA' actually make me laugh.
Why?
Because captured, wounded and dead soldiers (and regrettably civilians) are part of war. I'm laughing because these men died in the line of duty and their families know it, and know they sacrificed for something they believed in - and here you are doling out a ladle of emotional reaction as if I, or anyone else in support of this war, are too stupid to have known for ourselves the pain families and loved ones inevitably go through - I'm laughing therefore at this concept that we really don't understand.
But I do understand - and yet, I still support the war. And if one of my own died, I'd grieve, but that's the cost. I honor that cost, I do not use it as a reason against the war. I hope it's minimized, of course, but it's a cost that has to be paid.