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In WWII for example, 700 soldiers drowned in a training accident in preparation for D-Day (that is about how many combat deaths we've experienced so far in Iraq).

Perspective is our friend.

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Perspective is our friend.

Some added perspective. About 16,000 Americans were killed in the Battle of the Bulge (a little less than a month). About 41,000 Americans were KIA in the entire Vietnam war. (1955-75)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/filmmore/fd.html
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/CASUALTY/vietnam.pdf