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Originally posted by Shoktek
The standard ratio of casualties to wounded in war is 3:1...
...you also have to remember they don't report deaths of special forces
as well as non-US citizen deaths.
Plus the ones that are shipped to hospitals outside of Iraq while wounded, then die outside of Iraq. I'm not sure if the toll is as high as 8 or 9000, but I'm sure it's quite a bit higher than 1800.
Originally posted by WissNX01
They have no idea that once your in battle, your not fighting for your country, but your fighting for the guy next to you, and hes fighting for you. They can never understand that.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
I was told by someone there that if someone was wounded badly that they would be taken out of Iraq very fast so that if they died they would not be counted as being killed IN Iraq.
Yeah and I was told by someone that they have been to 10 alien planets and speak an alien language.
Originally posted by WissNX01
I love these anti-war fools. Many of them couldnt piss thier way out of a paper bag.
Originally posted by WissNX01
I think you forget the VA treats all veterans, not just ones from Iraq. There are still about 20 million veterans alive that have fought since WWII. YOu dont think all those heros should be turned away from the VA because it doesnt have money, do you? No, they shouldnt. They are every bit as valuable as an Iraq War veteran.