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U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Approach 500
By ROBERT H. REID
(Direct
descendent of Joseph Stalin!
- tha malcontent)
Associated Press Writer
Jan 9, 7:25 AM EST
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The number of American troops who have died in Iraq since
the war began last March is nearing 500, more than U.S. losses in many regional
conflicts of the past several decades: the Gulf War, Lebanon, Somalia, Panama,
Grenada, Kosovo and Afghanistan.
(ap) - I just wanted to give you a
heads-up on what the "Free Press" is planning in the next couple of days or
weeks, depending on how lucky/Skilled our Troops in the field are, or, how lucky
the Hopes of the "Free Press"/Left are!... The Truth is, even if we had lost
60,000 men taking Iraq, 2,000 more than we did wasting our time in Vietnam, it
would still have been the most effective taking of a country of 26,000,000, by a
Force of 150,000, that our World has ever seen. Did you know that we lost
over 10,000 Soldiers in Vietnam due to non-Combat Deaths?.... Did I
mention, that the 500 Soldiers who have Died that we are discussing, in regard
to Iraq II, include those who have spent the last 9 months rebuilding this
Country, and nearly half of which have died in non-Combat accidents?...
The Left's complaining about this is so painfully Transparent, that it insults
every single person who has ever taken the Oath and Served this Country.
There is not a Soldier Alive, or who has Past, who would not be proud of what
our Great Men and Women have accomplished in Iraq II, not only for the World, or
the United States, but for the Millions of Iraqis who have been Oppressed, and
the Hundreds of Thousands who have been Murdered.... Anyway. - tha malcontent)
So far the Iraq conflict has cost the lives of 494 American service members,
including nine who were killed Thursday in the crash of a Black Hawk medevac
helicopter believed shot down near Fallujah. Most of the deaths - both combat
and non-combat - have occurred since President Bush declared an end to major
fighting on May 1.
Already, the loss of American life in Iraq has surpassed the U.S. death toll of
the first Gulf War of 1991, when about 315 Americans died in the operation to
drive Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait. That figure includes combat and
non-combat deaths suffered during the military buildup and the war itself.
(Keep in mind, we only repelled one
Country out of another in Iraq I... And we lost 385 compared to the nearly 500
we have lost taking and controlling said Country... You do the math. - tha
malcontent)
Ninety-nine American forces have been killed in the ongoing operation in
Afghanistan, less than a third of them by hostile fire.
("Less than a third of them"...
Gee, do I smell an Agenda here? - tha malcontent)
The number of American battle deaths since the Iraq war began on March 20 - at
least 333 - is approaching the figure of 385 Americans killed in action during
the Spanish-American War of 1898-1899.
(Is the AP badmouthing the Spanish?
- tha malcontent)
U.S. officials dismiss most of the attacks by Iraqi insurgents as militarily
insignificant, and the Bush administration strongly defends the U.S. role in
Iraq. Bush said during a visit to London in November that the failure to build
democracy in Iraq "would throw its people back into misery and turn that country
over to terrorists who wish to destroy us."
Iraq casualty figures are small compared with the horrific bloodletting of some
of America's past conflicts. About 19,000 American soldiers died in one month
alone in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, a conflict in which more than
290,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines were killed in action.
(My understanding is, that we lost
over 400,000 in WWII... Someone correct me, or the AP, if I have my Facts
incorrect! - tha malcontent)
An estimated 620,000 Americans - both northerners and southerners - died in the
Civil War, America's bloodiest conflict. More than 58,000 U.S. troops lost their
lives in Vietnam, both in combat and from non-battle causes.
(And in the tone of the American
Left today... "How did Vietnam pose a direct Threat to us"? Then one has
to ask, what was JFK (D) and LBJ (D) thinking when they started, and then
escalated that War? - tha malcontent)
Nevertheless, the rising death toll after 10 months of military operations in
Iraq is significant, especially in a country whose public traditionally has
little appetite for their sons and daughters dying in battle in distant,
unfamiliar lands.
(Well, that is, at least until the most SELFISH
Generation in the History of Mankind came into Power!... Yes, I am talking to
you, Babyboomers! - tha malcontent)
The United States aborted its participation in an international peacekeeping
operation in Somalia after 18 U.S. troops were killed in a battle in the
capital, Mogadishu, with forces loyal to warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid.
(Correction, "CLINTON Aborted the
United States participation", and then ignored Rwanda and the nearly 500,000
Humans who were Slaughtered there, only to go after Slobo, and produce no larger
than 500 bodies in any given "mass grave"... Do I sound cynical? - tha
malcontent)
Former President Ronald Reagan pulled U.S. peacekeepers out of Lebanon after a
suicide truck bomber killed 241 Marines and other service members at Beirut's
airport in 1983.
(Yes, and the Former Hood Ornament
gave BLANKET AMNESTY to Illegal Aliens, something that the Blind and Ignorant in
my Party seem to forget, as of late! - tha malcontent)
After U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended in 1973, U.S. presidents were
loathe to commit American forces to protracted struggles in foreign lands
without clear objectives and overwhelming chances for success.
("Chances of Success"?... PAH-LEEEEEEEEEEEASE.
A handful of jerk-off Islamists in a Country of 26,000,000 people, are not about
to reverse this course, regardless of what the "Free Press" wants this November!
- tha malcontent)
However, U.S. antipathy to foreign military operations receded after a series of
quick and relatively painless operations in places like Grenada in 1983 - with
only 16 battle and non-combat deaths - and Panama in 1989, when 21 troops were
killed.
(It also introduced us to
THREE-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE deaths in action, that we hadn't seen since the
58,000 that we Lost in Vietnam nearly 2 decades earlier! Does the Left
actually listen to themselves, or are they actually that caught up in their own
Shite? - tha malcontent)
The Gulf War introduced the public to precision, high-tech weaponry that could
strike distant targets seemingly without significant risks to the pilots who
fired them from thousands of yards away.
(Or the THREE-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE deaths in action, that we hadn't seen since the 58.000 that we Lost in Vietnam nearly 2 decades earlier!... Are you starting to get the Bias yet? - tha malcontent)
To a generation reared without memories of the close-quarter savagery of Vietnam, Korea and other distant battlefields of half-forgotten conflicts, war appeared to have been sanitized to a life-and-death computer game where the winner had the best gadgets.
(Am I the only one who wants to slap the Author of
this TRIPE?... - tha malcontent)
In the Kosovo campaign of 1999, the United States and its NATO allies pounded
Yugoslavia into submission with an aerial bombardment in which America lost not
a single service member.
(The Left used to call this type of
"Combat", Cowardly... I wonder why they feel so good about it in this
instance?... Oh yeah, it was their boy. - tha malcontent)
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and their al-Qaida allies collapsed after about a
month of fighting, with the Americans delivering precision bombs from the sky
while their northern alliance Afghan allies did most of the ground fighting.
But the Iraq conflict has proven to be a different kind of war. Since the end of
major combat, most American casualties have come from low-tech weaponry -
roadside bombs, mortars and small arms fire.
(Don't worry, we will turn the
Death over to the Iraqis soon enough, and the "Free Press" can either chose to
moveon.com, or they can harp on the "hell" we have Left them with. If they
were not so busy harping on Iraq II, that is exactly what they would be doing in
regard to Afghanistan... This is turning out to be one hell of an Election
cycle, eh? - tha malcontent)
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