US War Dead in Iraq Exceeds Early Vietnam Years
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The U.S. death toll in Iraq has surpassed the number of American soldiers killed during the first three years of the Vietnam War, the brutal Cold War conflict that cast a...
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Wasn't today the most death ridden one yet in this "post-war" conflict?Funny: everytime I watch the news and the reporters talked about how many soldiers died, they would always say"This was the ###th...
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I'm starting to really get pissed off with this. Saddam has brainwashed a lot of idiots to keep 'em fighting like this. The war isn't over until we stop dying, so freakin' end it Troops!You know you...
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Some of these deaths aren't even the result of actual 'combat', and I think that's what most disturbing to the American people.
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Those who are against this war are falling over themselves trying to paint this as another Viet Nam. Nothing could be further from the truth. Viet Nam killed more than 50,000 Americans and MANY more...
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Quote:They don't think terrorism is a threat! Have they lost their damn minds?Why would they? They aren't the ones dying, our troops are. They don't have to fight terrorism as much as the U.S. does...
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Thats not quite true, Elysion. For decades, England has suffered from bombings and shootings from the IRA. Some Americans, French, Italians were killed in those attacks. Scotland lost most of a town...
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Let the houses of parliament, the Eiffel Tower, or Big Ben be hit by a hijacked airplane. They'd be helping a lot more. Until these other countries begin to see the terrorism we're fighting as a...
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Yeah, you're right about that, V6. Even today, with the bombs going off in Turkey against British targets, they still think we are the threat!! All the British media could talk about was how much...
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Yeah, V6 explained my point better than I could. They are quick to forget their past. Hell, they're going about it with a tone as if the U.S. deserved 9/11! You know you love me.
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Well, alot of arab nations and most of Europe is now saying that the Jews are the ones responsible for 9/11!! Can you believe that crap?! Why do these people hate Jews so much? I know quite alot of...
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I agree. The big issue is that the countries we're depending upon for support don't view things as affecting them. What if during WWII, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States had said:...
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Exactly, xela7! If America backs down now, the terrorists and their supporters will become enboldened, and the attacks against us and Israel will be worse than anything we've seen yet. Also, if we...
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I agree xela, very well said.Quote:or at least, like the idea of freedom and democracy.Freedom, yes but I am not sure they like our kind of democracy, yet.Quote:The truth is most people in Iraq (and...
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Well, a recent poll (by the BBC!) taken in Iraq concluded that 76% of Iraqis appreciated Americans taking out saddam, didn't want us to leave Iraq until a new democratic gov is set up, and finally,...
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