Iraq: Not "boys" or "troops"

Have you noticed how often our soldiers in Iraq are referred to as "boys" or ":troops" not men or soldiers. Boys they are not after their training and front line experience. And yet politicians and the media wont give up. I think it is a way of keeping the illegal war waged by the illegal President, a soft war. Boy Scouts are a troop. Boys play.
Men and soldiers fight a war. Also, have you noticed how we are troubled by a single death when thousands of civilian deaths just become a statistic. Well, that is forgiveable since the human mind and nervous system operates on the scale of neighbors, friends, and family. Death is personal. Do you think you would like to be called a boy in full army gear or a member of a troop? I wouldn't. Think about it.