"please do mention all of those countless thousands of Iraqis and Afghans who have been slaughtered in their own land by foreign troops."

In the case of Afghanistan since 2006 when responsibility for providing security for UNAMA throughout much of the country was transferred to NATO-ISAF troops countless thousands has equalled 6,584. Most of whom were not "slaughtered in their own land by foreign troops" but were killed by the Taleban, who when they attempted to govern the country killed Afghans in the hundreds of thousands.

In the case of Iraq most were killed not by MNF troops or actions, most died at the hands and actions of foreign jihadists, Ba'athist insurgents, sectarian militias and criminal gangs.

If the funeral that Lizzie Cornish referred to is the one I think it is then the soldier in question was Staff-Sargeant Olaf "Oz" Schmid who died while defusing an IED (the 65th that he had dealt with during his tour). My son served with him during my son's first tour in Afghanistan and said that he was an amazingly inspiring bloke, he will be sadly missed by his wife Christina and his young step-son. Hate to point out the obvious but Staff-Sargeant Schmid died attempting to save lifes, he did not die taking lives.