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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 04:35 PM Original message |
US suffers 34 casualities in Iraq in one day |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. The term "casualty" now seems to mean killed, not killed, |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. it still means all those |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Agreed. But the misuse of the term is so prevalent that I thought |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. yeah, I panicked too. I already knew of 15, but thought another copter had gone down. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Whatever you call it, the number is going to soar when we try to |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bush used the Viet Nam analogy |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm pretty sure the cas ratio is greater in the ME. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. yes and no |
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Middle finga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I'm sure if you compare the casualties we suffered in the first 4 years |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Actually that is unlikely. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. True, but... |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I don't see any point in trying to make a numbers game out of it |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. not if you adjust for troop levels. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Well, at least they didn't get me. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. still a long way to go |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Those numbers are awfully close. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." - Henry Kissinger |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's simply sad. More deaths while the politicians (Warner today) |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is just a drop in the bucket if we get into a fight with Iran. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. now THAT would be VN-like |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. Nothing to see here--the WH has a report to polish, feed them Lohan/Richie |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. and they are bringing out more propaganda in those |
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