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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (242819)	3/19/2008 5:11:40 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793999

Obama was already beatable this year because of his inexperience, but this bombshell may have destroyed his future chances as well. * * *

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (242819)	3/19/2008 10:02:31 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793999

Sizing Up Sacrifice- Iraq War vs. Major Battles Since WWII gatewaypundit.blogspot.com Sizing Up Sacrifice: Iraq War (5 years)-- 3,990 Batan Death March (one week)-- 10,000 Battle of Guadalcanal (186 days)-- 7,099 Battle of Guam (20 Days)-- 3,000 Operation Market Garden (9 days)-- 3,664 Battle of the Bulge (41 days)-- 19,276 Battle of Iwo Jima (39 days)-- 6,821 Battle of Pusan Perimeter (61 days-Korea)-- 6,706 Numbers from Schiele.com and Iraq Casualty Count In February 2007 antiwar Democrat John Murtha said: "This is the most intensive combat I've seen since maybe some of the combat in Iwo Jima or some of those places in World War II." ...Far from it. Another Rovian Conspiracy corrected the Code Pink favorite. The Iraq War has been no Iwo Jima. More... You won't hear this at a Hillary Clinton stump speech: The US military lost more soldiers in the first 5 years of the Clinton Presidency than were lost in the first 5 years of the Iraq War. (Numbers from CRS report to Congress pdf) American forces have fought brilliantly in Iraq. POSTED BY GATEWAY PUNDIT AT 3/19/2008 12:02:00 PM \| 3 COMMENTS LINKS TO THIS POST TRACKBACK