>> Lost lives hurt morale quite a bit, and play badly on domestic news. I don't follow military news but even I know that US military lagged YEARS behind priva

>> Lost lives hurt morale quite a bit, and play badly on domestic news. I don't follow military news but even I know that US military lagged YEARS behind private contractors in adding ground transport for troops that were safer against road-side bombs during the first few years of the Iraq War starting in 2003.