Imagine this for a second if you will.
There were a couple of hundred thousand troops and civilians deployed in the middle east during Iraqi Freedom. If Saddam would have had WMD, the causualty numbers would have easily made Sep 11th look small in comparison. (To anyone reading this that had family and friends in those attacks I extend my blessings.)
My point is just this: None of us would have been unaffected by the lives that might have been lost.
Having said that, one might wonder why I still support the President and his administration. All I can say is I don't pretend to understand things on a national level.
That I leave for the smart men and women. I am just a soldier who follows orders.