Posted on 12/08/2005 10:44:08 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus
I hate to say it but I love Howard Dean. Oops, I mean Doctor Howard Dean. We must give him his due, of course. He is exactly what everyone imagined he would be as the DNC chairman; a lose cannon, an out of control demagogue, and slightly loopy to boot.
So, he wants to compare a conflict where we lost 57,000 or so soldiers over an eleven-year span to one where we have lost around 2,000 over a three-year span. Vietnam losses averaged a dismal 5,000 a year but in Iraq we have lost around 2,000 over a three year span, an average loss of under 700 a year. As military losses go, there just is no comparison between them.
Yes it is horrible to lose a single soldier but here is a little bit of perspective:
Between the years 1980 and 2004 we lost nearly an average of 1,000 soldiers each year killed in accidents, from illness, and from other causes. By comparison, in Iraq, an actual war, we have lost less than half of the average past loss from accidents. Amazingly and sadly - in 1980 alone 1,556 soldiers died in accidents. cannon, an out of control demagogue, and slightly loopy to boot.
(Excerpt) Read more at therant.us ...
Needs to be repeated often and loudly!
Excellent site-many links to explore.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/vietweb.htm
Has good links within. Be sure to verify through other sources as I do not trust PBS research.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Vietnam.html
These will get you started. I had to save everything I found in text file and can't search for the url right now. If you need more let me know.
THIS will interest you greatly!!!
http://members.aol.com/forcountry/kiamonth.htm
Click on every topic.
http://www.military-graphics.com/war4.html
"As of the current Census taken during August, 2000, the
surviving U.S. Vietnam Veteran population estimate is:
1,002,511." ..... 1,000,000 reasons why jFnSkerry will NEVER live in the WH.
http://www.globalspecialoperations.com/vietnamwarfacts.html
I heard the 25,000 comment too and couldn't figure out what the hell he was talking about.
Yeah, that's a LOT of voters! Hope they are all voting anti-Kerry!
Ha, ha.
This is one of the BEST things about the internet... the spoofs!
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