Are you saying that fewer soldiers die from accidents, illness and other non-combat causes when troops are at war?
We already know how many troops died in combat. For 2006, there were around 750, according to the chart. The other 1,100 were deaths that theoretically would have happened even had we not been at war in Iraq. I just don’t see how this provides any information. The 1,100 or so non-combat related deaths, seem to be around the same as the number of non-combat deaths in other years.
“Are you saying that fewer soldiers die from accidents, illness and other non-combat causes when troops are at war?”
No, I’m pretty much saying this:
“The 1,100 or so non-combat related deaths, seem to be around the same as the number of non-combat deaths in other years.”