Or, rather, the people who are covered by the media are the people who would make the best sensationalist story, which is what you're going to find, because it sells.
I don't feel that having a baby baptized in Lebanon is a necesity, but what is a necesity is relative in this case.
As for your firemen analogy, firemen have tools to put out fires, American's over there don't have the tools to put out a conflict between two countries. Quite a difference. If a fireman gets trapped, and dies, without being able to do anything about it, I'd bet you he'd be yelling for someone to help him right up to his death, and wondering why they weren't helping him sooner, especially if other firemen from other units were trapped, and were saved by their friends quicker.
Really? Wow, I never thought of that!