Picking up Nigel's points at #131, I am spending a few days in the mighty military-industrial complex of Southern Virginia where, contrary to most of the UK, support for the US military could not be more obvious. Even CNN, no matter what else you may think of their reporting and editorial standards, starts the day by "honoring" a US service man or woman in one of the operational theatres of the world.
However, it is not blind support and one area where the US public have total visibility of the "cost" of the war is in the casualty figures - as shown in this link to the Dod website, is casualty figures:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf
Compare these clear figures with the spin and obfuscation on the MOD web site for Iraqi casualties:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Fa...Casualties.htm
Or Afghanistan
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Fa...Casualties.htm
Did I miss it or are the UK VSI casualties still waiting for a personal visit and thanks from Mr Blair?
JB