[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Osama bin Laden said before September 11, 2001 that Americans have become soft and surrender prone. Plainly, this is true of some Americans; but I don't think of most.

Please pass this on. An author honoring our troops by putting their sacrifices in perspective and telling the truth about their successes. Outstanding.

If you want on or off my pro-Coalition/anti-wanker ping list, just ping.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

This is an excellent article to pass along in email, so that those of us who are plagued by the numbers, can show truly how they add up.

The end of the article is very good... we are indebted to our soldiers for the freedom that they give to us.

[pfflier]

Very few people see the Iraq issue in perspective. This summary is excellent. Thanks for putting some logic and wisdom on FR.

Many Freepers are getting soft because they are bombarded with the daily liberal press releases of the negatives, and yes, before you flame me, I do grieve for each American lost.

However in the bean counting mode, more Americans (well mostly Americans...OK some are Americans) are killed in LA daily than in Iraq. Statistically, three times as many American military people die in daily traffic accidents in the US than die in Iraq. More Americans have died from West Nile virus that American combat losses. One thousand Englishmen have died from heat related issues this summer (since the end of major combat action in Iraq) and 10,000 Frenchmen have died from heat (since the end of major combat action in Iraq).

[Coop]

Outstanding article putting everything into perspective. There are a few FReepers who most certainly need to read and comprehend every word in this article, but I'm not going to ping them and give them a chance to soil yet another thread.

[ken5050]

RC..have you seen any stats on the number of US military deaths during training the last decade..

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for the article, RC! Last night they showed a graphic of the figures n Fox, and I noticed the disparity in combat and accidental deaths. I hadn't had time to look up the figures, but I am glad to see that Mr. Novak has done so and has made the point about how the press is treating the statistics.

[Soaring Feather]

bump

[SAMWolf]

Bumping for a good read.

[Marysecretary]

Great post, Cowgirl. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[BOBTHENAILER]

For one thing, terrorist attacks all around the world dropped sharply in 2002 and even more so far during 2003.

Great article.

[windchime]

Bump!