[fanfan]

The butcher's bill? Give me a break. Canada has lost 120 personnel over the almost 8 years the war has been going on in Afghanistan. The UK has lost 168 and we have lost 704.

Canada population: 33 Million

UK population: 61 Million

US population; 304 Million.

Do some math, kabar.

[kabar]

It really is tiresome to hear these per capita figures and the extremes some will go to try to show how Canada is suffering huge losses [120 personnel over 8 years] and compare it to the US and the UK. You can cherry pick all you want. If you want to do the math on the WOT, try this on:

In Iraq, US military losses have been 4,312 dead [hostile and non-hostile] and 31,156 wounded. Add to that the 704 US deaths in Afghanistan. And toss in 3,000 civilian casualties on 9/11. Do the math, i.e., multiply Canada's losses in Afghanstan by 10 and see who has suffered more losses in the WOT.

And double the Canadian numbers and compare it to the UK losses in Iraq [179] and Afghanistan [168]. The UK has done more per capita. And to carry this folishness even further, Estonia [pop. 1.3 million] has lost a total of 5 people in Iraq and Afghanistan, which using your math means that they have lost more per capita than Canada.