LTE: American troop loses

In a Sunday 'Letter to the Editor' (LTE) in the SI Advance, the writer addresses a lead article comparing the death of soldiers in Iraq to that of previous wars;

First of all, the 3,168 American deaths should matter regardless of the fact that it is a smaller number than other wars. How dare Ms. Goldenberg minimize the importance of their deaths by comparing these numbers?

You can read the whole piece here.