haha, that picture is hilarious. but seriously i think a hell of a lot of it is to do with the media. i mean, while loss of life is a terrible thing, what is it, something like 200 British troops dead since the start of the war? i think thats pretty damn good going compared to the casualty figures during the world wars, and even vietnam. hell maybe we could even compare it to how many cops get killed in the line of duty in america. the media just blows things out of proportion because if they reported that everything is fine noone would care.