US forced to import bullets from Israel as troops use 250,000 for every rebel killed

[link|http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314944.ece|http://news.independ...article314944.ece]


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\ufffdAs much as we would like to think otherwise, I am afraid that with the number of soldiers we now have in harm\ufffds way, our losses will preclude us from continuing to do individual memorial ceremonies,\ufffd

[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/us/25funeral.html?ref=todayspaper|http://www.nytimes.c...l?ref=todayspaper]

I don't remember this happening during the Vietnam war; I'm fairly sure there were individual services for each soldier. This new approach (monthly services) is somewhat disrespectful, in my opinion.