Well it is true that only about 2,400 US troops have been killed in Iraq. That, however, does not include the 430 US contractors killed there or the approximate 250 US troops and dozens of contractors killed in Afghanistan; nor the 17,500 US troops seriously wounded in Iraq, many of whom would have died in previous Wars; nor the approximate 1,000 US troops wounded in Afghanistan, nor the dozens of US contractors wounded there. Now we are beginning to get into serious numbers.
It also does not include approximately 32,000 US troops and unknown US contractors who were either slightly wounded or became mentally or physically sick in Iraq; many with symptoms which relate to depleted uranium exposure. There are also more US troops and contractors from Afghanistan with these illnesses.
And it does not include the massive losses in Iraq; no matter who started it, And I think it is horrible, Iraqi civilian deaths are at least 1,500 a month , some say closer to 2,000 a month, mostly from death squads, not bombs.
The US casualty totals approach 60,000 and are significant, especially when the US civilian population back home has made little or no sacrifice. And OBL is still roaming free and Iraq is a mess and likely to cost more than any other War we have ever fought , adjusted for inflation , aside from WWII. |
