The Human Toll

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I know it doesn’t exactly account for whether John Kerry was actually in Cambodia on Christmas Eve or a few days later, but if you’ve haven’t noticed, there is still a war going on…

According to this week’s McGlaughlin Group:

The human toll as of 8/27/04…

U.S. military dead in Iraq: 971
U.S. military amputees, wounded, injured, or psychologically disabled: 26,400
Iraqi civilian dead: 19,700.

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    johnhp said on 9/1/2004 @ 2:25am PT: [Permalink]

    Apparently Hannity saw the light. he saw these numbers and declared:

    "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life."

    Oh, wait. Never mind. That’s what he said about a much more limited war with real justification. Though, i opposed the war myself, i can understand the humanitarian causes that would have given rise to it. Imagine if Clinton had had pictures taken of himself looking for the "humanitarian crisis" in Kosovo (which did exist).

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    Gun4hire said on 8/28/2005 @ 12:13am PT: [Permalink]

    Nice Blog. When one hears in the US news reports such as a roadside bomb, it gives the impression that the death of a US soldier doesn’t occur often. But since IW began there have been many incidnts on a given day, and sometimes unreported entirely. Since the IW began, it comes to abt 1 soldier a day on av killed & 28 inj. -accrding to the reprt. But these incidents don’t happn evry day. Actually many attacks are cordinated to occur simutaneously to overwhelm response. It’s heard all the time here. (this I understand has been kept out of the news) I am told the IW benefts not only compnies here dirctly wtih funds, but also fights unemplymnt & a desprte econmy in the states. With the libs having cowered due to their own shrtages, why would the President ever want tht to change? (Interstng site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20...vasion_of_Iraq) *SprintPCS

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