[MosesKnows]

General Eisenhower feared that if German intelligence learned the details of the mock invasion, he might have to postpone or even cancel D-Day.

I have no difficulty believing that.

But history is lies agreed upon.

Battle of Slapton as it relates to WW2.
The U.S.S. Maddox as it relates to the Vietnam War.
The U.S.S. Liberty, as it relates to the 1967 Israeli preamptive attack on Egypt.
The U.S.S. Indianapolis as it relates to the Atomic Bomb dropped in WW2.
Watergate as it relates to the reason for the break-in.
Waco as it relates to the charges against the Branch Davians

The recorded history of each of the above events differs considerably from what is now known.

The dirty little secret of the Gulf War is that "friendly fire" accounted for 13,974 of the 58,226 names etched on the walls of black granite panels.

I've been told that is war.

[Nov3]

The dirty little secret of the Gulf War is that "friendly fire" accounted for 13,974 of the 58,226 names etched on the walls of black granite panels.

Here all the time I thought we only lost a few hundred total in BOTH gulf wars.

Besides how did they get such an exact figure for the VIETNAM WAR.

[baltodog]

War is hell...

I will not second-guess the actions of heroes.

[neverdem]

The dirty little secret of the Gulf War is that "friendly fire" accounted for 13,974 of the 58,226 names etched on the walls of black granite panels.

By the numbers and the black granite panels I believe you're referring to the Vietnam War. The lower number that you refer to as "friendly fire" is in the ball park of what I remember being described as "non-combat fatalities" which included un-intentional friendly fire, intentional friendly fire including the "fragging" of officers(aka murder), deaths with medical causes, e.g. appendicitis, motor vehicle accidents, accidental drownings, aircraft accidents, etc. I remember an accident in 1972 with a CH-47 losing one of its rotors, coming off by mechanical failure. About 40 soldiers died.