To: RedCell
Carnage in the two World Wars was devastating. In The Face of Battle, historian John Keegan recounts how the British took 419,654 casualties at the Somme in 1916. There were 60,000 casualties the first day, “of whom 21,000 had been killed, most in the first hour of the attack, perhaps the first minutes.” 3,000 in 3 years is nothing.
To: Echo Talon
Some people still don't believe that we are in a war.
To: Echo Talon
3,000 dead is NOT nothing
To: Echo Talon
It may not be anything to you, but let's not lose sight of the fact that each one of these people that made the ultimate sacrifice meant something to someone.
If your point is to say that the number of casualties is lower than another conflict in our history over a specific period of time, please, may I suggest, that you rephrase your point.
55 posted on
11/07/2006 11:40:02 PM PST by
RedCell
("...thou shalt kill thine enemy before he killeth you by any means available" - Dick Marcinko)
To: Echo Talon
3,000 dead is NOT nothing
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