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Not really a milestone post thread, I hit 1500 posts a long time ago, however the second gulf war has now claimed the lives of over 1500 US soldiers, all of whom were someones child, and many of whom were someones parents. GO US FOREIGN POLICY!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...raq_us_deaths_8

I sure am glad that Saddam Hussain didn't really have any nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, or that death toll would be much higher.

Democracy 1, 1500 US service men and women 0.

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1500 people who joined up to be the big stick in the government's hand. Dying is part of the risk of that job. It isn't as if the US military is so small that 1500 members of it being killed is such a big deal.

What is a big deal, potentially, are the current recruitment problems of the US army and army National Guard. They are taking steps to deal with that, though; it'll be expensive, but it's a seller's market at the moment.

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Not really a milestone post thread, I hit 1500 posts a long time ago, however the second gulf war has now claimed the lives of over 1500 US soldiers, all of whom were someones child, and many of whom were someones parents. GO US FOREIGN POLICY!

US service men and women 0.

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This is my second day of quitting smoking, as much as Id like to tear into Ill just keep my mood light.

Thanks for your concern about our troops
may buddha bless you.

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Hmmmm.......displaying just a bit of bias there.

Saddam didn't need NBC weapons - we brought the NC part with us, used it freely, and continue to do so to this day. Before the accounting is done, probably half or more of the US service personnel ever to rotate through a tour in Iraq will pay in their health and lives for the use of those weapons.

No way to predict the effects on the Iraqi populace at this point, or on the poor sods from other countries whose governments let themselves be roped into that quagmire.

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Currently running at about 10 to 1.

http://www.iraqbodycount.net/

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1500 people who joined up to be the big stick in the government's hand. Dying is part of the risk of that job. It isn't as if the US military is so small that 1500 members of it being killed is such a big deal.

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Currently running at about 10 to 1.

http://www.iraqbodycount.net/

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While tragic on the individual level, 1500 deaths wouldn't even register on the historical scale of wartime casualties. More than half that number died just rehearsing for D-Day. Get a fucking grip.

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While tragic on the individual level, 1500 deaths wouldn't even register on the historical scale of wartime casualties. More than half that number died just rehearsing for D-Day. Get a fucking grip.

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well thats 1500 dead, which is just dandy. but how many have been crippled for life?

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It does appear to be affecting recruitment, though. That might be a function of the way that recruitment is done, with very little mention of the actual risks of service, but lots of talk about how they'll learn a trade and go to college afterwards with financial support. Nobody seems to want to be in an 'Army of One' when the bullets and bodyparts are flying.

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Just read this, might be of interest, won't quote it....

http://rense.com/general63/cadn.htm

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liberal propaganda!

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While tragic on the individual level, 1500 deaths wouldn't even register on the historical scale of wartime casualties. More than half that number died just rehearsing for D-Day. Get a fucking grip.

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Do you really think Iraq is going well? or that it is a success?

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"every dead iraqi is a success in my book"

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Ever met any?

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I used to work with a couple of Iraqi chaps, they were also avoiding the Hussein era, and, like you say, you couldn't meet nicer guys, funny fuckers.

They also shared my "It's more fun to play darts than do work" ethic, however they tended to cheat.

Once an Arab, always an Arab, and all that.

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Jesus, I know this, even the death toll for 9/11 was 2752 (according to CNN). War isn't a fucking numbers game? Do you really think Iraq is going well? or that it is a success?

As far as liberation of the people of iraq it doesn't look all that 'free' on TV

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They did have a draft in WW2 though, didn't they?

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Was WWII a success?

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"You're in the Army Now" by Status Quo is fucking hard to sing along to, the first time you hear it, btw.

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They did have a draft in WW2 though, didn't they?

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They did have a draft in WW2 though, didn't they?

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