America's Hidden Battlefield Toll

Guardian/Observer ^ | 9-14-03 | Jason Burke and Paul Harris

[PatrioticCowboy]

The left is having orgasms every time our boys get injured

[Cathryn Crawford]

I agree. I don't know why we don't discuss the wounded with the same reverence. Just because the bullet didn't kill them, it doesn't matter?

[PatrioticCowboy]

Thanks for posting on this thread.

I really admire you intellect

[PatrioticCowboy]

you=your

[Timesink]

The true scale of American casualties in Iraq is revealed today by new figures obtained by The Observer, which show that more than 6,000 American servicemen have been evacuated for medical reasons since the beginning of the war, including more than 1,500 American soldiers who have been wounded, many seriously.

Note that they lie in the very first paragraph. "6000 evacuated for medical reasons," yet only "1500" actually hurt. The other 4500 could be anything from Section 8s to guys that got sunburns or dehydration, were given a day off and then sent right back.

But this is what the Left will now be claiming every hour of every day: "SIX THOUSAND HURT! SIX THOUSAND HURT!"

And, of course, you can rest assured that whenever they give specific numbers for the meaningless generalized statements, but then only refer to the "seriously injured" as "many," the truth is that the actual number is so low that it would give the lie to the entire article if the Guardian had the guts to print it.

[PatrioticCowboy]

The sad thing is that the Taliban have been coming back strong in Afghanistan.

Bush should have focused on them before Iraq

[Cathryn Crawford]

You're right.

However, it bothers me that the ones that ARE injured, we pay no attention to.

[PatrioticCowboy]

The Guardian is the UK's Pravda

[PatrioticCowboy]

I hope that our military wins soon in Iraq, because the liberals will gain from a protracted conflict

[Alberta's Child]

We can't be allowed to pay attention to them -- because a lot of people would start asking some serious questions about what the hell the U.S. is doing over there.

The ultimate irony of modern warfare is that a fatal casuaty is lot more "clean" to report on the homefront than someone who is seriously wounded in action.

[DLfromthedesert]

Yes, of course they werespit on and called "baby killers"; this is why our brave fighting forces need to know we are ONE HUNDRED percent in support of their mission.

Remember, while they are fighting terrorism on foreign soil, they are protecting US!!!

[Cathryn Crawford]

Here's a thread relevant to our recent discussion...

[Timesink]

However, it bothers me that the ones that ARE injured, we pay no attention to.

Yes, I'll agree with you on that. Though I think many of them are getting more attention than we're being told; they just don't get that much coverage outside of their local paper and TV stations when they come home. For better or worse, dead soldiers are big news, while wounded soldiers returning home safely are little more than human-interest stories. That's just "journalism."

[PatrioticCowboy]

You are right, but is shocking that they even thought that they could move in large numbers.

[concerned about politics]

The liberals at the Guardian never rest, do they?

That's what I was thinking after reading the first 2 paragraphs. "They just don't want to surrender political power, do they?"
Anything from the British press is waaaaay far to the left. Most isn't the least bit true. They make things up as they go along. They've been caught over and over, but still keep doing it anyway. Maybe because the left wing here is so gullable.
I'm sure if this were true, the liberal press would have been hitting Bush over the head with it a loooong time ago.

[Cathryn Crawford]

The ultimate irony of modern warfare is that a fatal casuaty is lot more "clean" to report on the homefront than someone who is seriously wounded in action.

Hasn't the actual number of injuries been classified?

[PatrioticCowboy]

I think anyone who would spit on a GI needs beaten up badly