Re: The Washington Post's brief statistical summary of Iraq
- From: "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj005@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:29:31 -1000
"mg" <mgkelson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1188537004.928752.88570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 30, 10:52 pm, Ron <r...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:28:23 -0700, Florida
<demeter547op...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR200...
>_____________________________________
> WASHINGTONPOST.COM
> Iraq Casualties
> Total number of military and civilian casualties in Iraq,
> as reported by Pentagon and other sources.
> U.S. Military
> 3,730 KILLED 27,662 WOUNDED
> Allied Military
> 297 Killed from Britain and other nations
> U.S. Civilians
> 159 Contractors killed during reconstruction effort
> Iraqi Civilians (estimated)
> 70,749 / 77,272
> minimum count / maximum count
> Last Updated: August 29, 2007
>_____________________________________
Millions of people are injured and thousands killed in car accidents
across the United States each year. Auto accidents are reportedly
responsible for over 120,000 deaths since 2003.
Life is full of risks. Admittedly, the risk in Iraq is higher in a
percentage of number of people involved, but there is a perspective to
be recognized. In something more comparable, in the battle for Iwo
Jima almost 7,000 Americans were killed in action. More than 25,000
Americans were wounded in just 36 days of fighting.
Ron
Given the fact that "millions of people are injured and thousands
killed in car accidents across the United States each year", one has
to wonder why Bush felt that it was necessary to start trillion-dollar
war with Iraq, when they didn't have anything to do with 9/11 and
given the fact that we only had about 3000 casualties.
One should not casually dismiss the damage we have done in Iraq. The
estimated number of civilians killed ranges between about 70,000 and
3/4 of a million. This would be the equivalent of about 700,000 or 7.5
million Americans dying as a result of a foreign invasion, for
instance.
Yes, one should never "casually" dismiss anytime we go to war, nor should we "casually" dismiss the sacrifices that those we send to fight on our behalf and the sacrifices and lives they incur, but neither should we "causally" take positions which undermine the very reason we are there.
Here's a quote from an Red Cross report from Iraq:
"If there's anything that anybody could do that would really help us
today would be to help us collect the bodies that line the streets in
front of our homes every morning and that we find nobody dares to
touch or remove after security reasons," one woman said. Women found
it "simply unbearable" to confront their children with them morning
after morning as they tried to take them to school, the woman
added."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6543377.stm
According to a news item in June, the UN has warned of five million
Iraqi refugees. This would be proportionally equivalent to about 75
million people being displaced in the United States.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2640418.ece
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