[camas]

if you are looking to be flamed post this on the DU board

[Dave Elias]

"Never in the annals of military history has so much territory been occupied at such little cost"

Austraila 1770

[fml]

True, but it will fall on deaf ears for the Bush haters. When Clinton was in office ridding the world of Saddam was just a bunch of bravado....

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in 1996. Was such collateral damage worth it? Albright replied, "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price [500,000 dead] - we think the price is worth it." .....


That was then and this is now.

[Uncle Miltie]

I believe it is still true that accidental deaths in the military are higher than combat deaths this year.

[toddst]

I would like to see the numers on how many of the terrorists our troops have killed since major combat operations have ceased. Our troops are efficiently extinguishing the monsters who attack them IMO.

[Agnes Heep]

No one likes to see deaths resulting from military action, but the purpose of a military is not to protect the soldiers. Imagine if we viewed firefighting or police work in the same pusillanimous light as those who insist that the Iraq situation is deteriorating because of a few isolated incidents?

[boxerblues]

President Bush declared the end of "major combat operations" on May 1; xxx American soldiers have died since

If I see this reported one more time with another death I will scream. The soldiers who have lost there lives deserve so much better.

[Hondo1952]

But those devastating battles never really happened:

That is the only thing I disagree with you on. If you are on the receiving end of even one person shooting at you it is a devastating battle. One of the great things about this country and one of the things I believe in most is, everyone has a right to their opinions. You need not have served in the military to have that right. Those of us that did may disagree with some things a person has to say, but we defend to the death their right to say it.

[OldFriend]

Here is the choice we had when prosecuting the liberation of Iraq.

Either stop and engage EVERY combatant along the way, resulting in hundreds if not thousands of deaths on both sides during every battle.

We chose to rush forward, securing Bagdhad with a MINIMUM loss of life on both sides.

This choice saved the infrastructure, not destroyed it as the dems love to claim.

We took away the time the Iraqi's would have had to torch the oil fields, destroy the bridges, and poison the water supply.