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To: Alighieri who wrote (288232)5/16/2006 12:45:36 PM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573954
 
But it seems you should compare the 2,443 deaths to something to determine if its high, low, or whatever. I'm no military historian, but I think 800 deaths per year in a military conflict is low based on historical standards (correct?).

Not to the ones who died, nor their families, nor the ones who are limbless for the rest of their lives, nor the ones who will live a lifetime of psychological torture, nor their broken families who will also, nor the 100K or so iraqis who have paid with their lives, nor the entire country who is in the midst of a tortured mess, etc


Uh huh, so discussing numbers of casualties in Iraq relative to other conflicts is not acceptable to you due to the pain for families involved. Fine. We won't discuss it.