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Unit Ponders the Hard Lessons of Loss
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division attend a memorial for Sgt. Raymond S. Sevaaetasi, 29, the ninth member of the unit killed since March 15.
(By David Finkel -- The Washington Post)
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"He was loved by all of us," another said.
"We're asking why, and we're angry," another said.
On they went, as Sauer sat on the stage, looking at the remaining soldiers of his battalion. Sometime over the next two weeks, he plans to visit them platoon by platoon to tell them in detail about the tips that have come in and about whom they have captured and killed. He will try to persuade them that the escalation is working and that what they are doing matters, and then he will wait for the question he knows he is going to be asked:
"Colonel Sauer," he said, predicting the question, "how can you tell me we're winning?"
What he thinks: They are.
What he knows: "It's going to be a tough sell."
Staff researcher Julie Tate in Washington contributed to this report.
