While the media may not have portrayed this event as Custer’s Last Stand, if they paid attention to it at all, there is still that dreary negativity to MSM reporting on such events.

From Mogadishu on, “ugly” American victories are portrayed as setbacks or outright defeats. Even the events of “Black Hawk Down” were no defeat. Part of the mission was accomplished, and 20-25 enemy were killed for every American. The infantile need for modern observers and many Americans to have nothing but clear-cut victories with no casualties is the West’s (and particularly America’s) most glaring weakness.

While there are many Americans who both appreciate our military’s efforts and understand the realities, I do have to wonder if America deserves it’s military?