Original sentence: While widely unpopular, the image of the two brothers fighting off 200 heavily armed American troops for three hours was considered by some to be a noble sacrifice
Edited sentence: After a small US force was shot at and some were wounded, they retreated to a safe distance and open fire with long range heavy weapons.Effective, but hardly heroic.The subsequent treatment of the bodies was also largely looked down upon.When President Bush called the American Soldiers involved in the operation "Heroes", many Iraqis found this laughable.While widely unpopular, the image of the two brothers fighting off 200 heavily armed American troops for three hours was considered by many to be a noble sacrifice