I spent most of my adult life in the military. 30 years and 3 wars later, and I'm going to offer you this advice:
When the politicians and the news "experts" start talking about "acceptable losses," that's when you should maybe give some serious consideration to who the REAL enemy actually is.
@Stonekettle Joseph Heller would be proud.
@Stonekettle would they consider THEMSELVES to be acceptable losses? I think not...