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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: michael97123 who wrote (197599)8/15/2006 9:36:08 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
But the reality is that war is war and war does not take into account relative populations.

Well it does and it doesn't. If the casualties are really high then the percentage of the population matters, but these casualties are no where near that high.

When I think "heavy casualties" for the US I think something more like Vietnam or Korea or even WWII if your thinking of a war, and not the current war in Iraq.

Of course the figures for a short war like the one in Lebanon would be lower, and its reasonable to make some downward adjustment because Israel is smaller, but still 80 isn't what I would call heavy casualties in a whole conflict even after making those adjustments.
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