To: American Spirit who wrote (148514 ) 11/26/2008 8:28:53 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976 Most of the dead in Vietnam were killed by Vietnamese Communists. As for war casualties, Rusk discovered that most were caused by the Viet Cong, who follow a deliberate policy of killing civilians. In a hospital in the Mekong Delta, Rusk came across a five-year-old girl who had lost both legs at the knees. The Viet Cong raided her village, and when they discovered that all the men had fled, flung grenades into houses where the women and chil dren were hiding. At another hospital, Rusk witnessed the arrival of 17 civilians who had been badly mauled when their bus ran over a Viet Cong land mineāone of the principal causes of war injuries. A six-year-old child died before Rusk's eyes. "The load of casualties superimposed on the already overburdened hospitals is unbelievable," Rusk concludes. But the U.S. has kept the system from collapsing and will continue to do more. "It has always been our policy to help the sick and the wounded, whatever the cause, and this we are attempting to do in Viet Nam." time.com To get 2M dead in Iraq, you'd have to count Saddam's casulties in the wars he started plus the mass graves filled with civilians. Since his fall most killing, particularly of women and children, has been done by jihadis. Because they want to stop birth control and roll back womens sexual freedom Abortion is all about birth control and sexual freedom. Without responsiblity of course."abstinence only" programs actually cause MORE unwanted pregnancies, abortions and STD's. It's a complete failure because it is not based on realism. The reality is that almost all young people are going to have sex, no matter what you preach. And when they do have sex, they need sex education first. Plus a condom or pill. We have sex education in essentially all our schools plus free condoms. Yet teen pregnacies and abortions persist.