How many Americans died defeating Japan versus defeating Saddam Hussein?
How many Americans who died in the war with Japan died for nothing = 0.
How many Americans who died in Iraq died for nothing = 100%.
Over 100,000 Americans died in vanquishing the Japanese Empire from the South Pacific and the face of the earth. An estimated 50-60 thousand are still listed as missing in action there. This month, the the remains of 8 of a 10 man B24 bomber missing 70 years were brought home from the jungle of a South Pacific Island and interred at Arlington National Cemetery.