U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

[Father Demon]

It seems to me that the people from the eastern half of the US suck at fighting/dodging/hiding.

[Diomedes]

4,317

[Geowhizzer]

It seems to me that the people from the eastern half of the US suck at fighting/dodging/hiding.

Or almost nobody lives in the "mountain west."

[phillymic2000]

It seems to me that the people from the eastern half of the US suck at fighting/dodging/hiding.

Or almost nobody lives in the "mountain west."

Or they are a bunch of Hoydas.

[ice grillin you]

4,317

definitely worth it


also the iraqi death toll passed 100K recently

[Diomedes]

that's a conservative estimate

[Seabiscuit36]

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm

It's not exactly current with Iraq, but i just caught the Return to Tarawa documentary on the Miliatary channel.  Theres something badass about an 89yo guy being bleeped out talking about the attack he took part in. 

[Diomedes]

4,376

[shorebird]

I'm not trying to downplay that number by any means, but 59 killed in 8 months is a considerable drop from the average isn't it? You have to wonder also, how many were a direct result of combat, what with how many marines were dying in motorcycle accidents last year.

[Butchers Bill]

{sarcasm} I haven't seen any Iraq news on the teevee so I just thought it was over with. {sarcasm}

So much for it being Vietnam, a quagmire, or "lost" as Senator Reid called it.  It was a stupid war and the politicians on both sides used it and the suffering that came with it for political gain.

[Drunkmasterflex]

I'm not trying to downplay that number by any means, but 59 killed in 8 months is a considerable drop from the average isn't it? You have to wonder also, how many were a direct result of combat, what with how many marines were dying in motorcycle accidents last year.

It is because US troops aren't out in sector in the volume they were since last July. 

[Diomedes]

4,400 dead in Iraq. (30 so far this year...at this pace, Iraq will surpass the Revolutionary War on the list of American war casualties before 2011)
1,087 killed in Afghanistan

[Diomedes]

4,463

[DH]

and still one POW..