[lit-ideas] Re: U.S. superlatives (was Victor Hanson in Iraq)
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:31:00 -0800
I didn't quote the Pentagon. I didn't use their figures. I used the
antiwar.com figures. They keep track of casualties by name. They seem more
reliable than the other sites I looked at, but I never looked at the
Pentagon site and so they never got a chance to trick me or lie to me.
But even if it is 3600, this is an extremely low casualty rate for a major
conflict -- amazing. I wonder how the 3600 compares to number of
states-side soldiers and Marines who killed themselves driving drunk home
from liberty during an equivalent period of time.
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: U.S. superlatives (was Victor Hanson in Iraq)
From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I've no idea what sort of trick you are tricking. The first site I cited
in
> my previous note on this subject also provided that information:
Ha! You fell for it! Lied to by the Pentagon, and you believe them. You were
tricked by the
Pentagon.
The Pentagon's "official" death toll for US military in Iraq stands at 2939
(today's count).
Now add 600+ US soldiers in off-the-books operations. Many of these are
Special Forces, etc.
Their deaths are classified.
The actual number isn't known. But it is greater than 600.
The actual number is +3,600.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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