Is war about keeping soldiers "safe"? News to me

From Drudge: "Statement by Kerry spokesman David Wade: 'Ken Mehlman’s filthy and shameful lie about a decorated combat veteran is disgraceful. Political hack Ken Mehlman and draft dodging, donut eating Rush Limbaugh have something in common. Neither of them know anything about how to make American troops safe. John Kerry will continue to speak out about how to succeed in Iraq and protect brave American troops'..."

Is war about keeping troops safe, or about putting them in harms way to protect the rest of us? Is this a stupid question? Well, duh.

John Kerry accused American troops in Viet Nam of committing war crimes. Now he's doing the same for our soldiers in Iraq. What an ass. But now he wants to make sure the baby killers are "safe." WTF? Is the role of a soldier to be safe? I thought it was to kill enemies. Silly f-ing me. Jesus, these Democrats lose credibility by the minute.