2,403 American troops now dead in Iraq

[Erika]

See at www.icasualties.org Also check out the wounded.

[MadMaddie]

1. I wonder when Americans will say enough is enough...

these soldiers should not be in Iraq....and they should not be dying and getting permanantly disabled...for the * cabal.

[Skittles]

2. thousands of dead troops A-OK

three dollars a gallon is what outrages them :puke:

[TomInTib]

3. Enough will never be enough. TheMonster just waits for the next one

because the Monster always knows there will be another time and another place.

And there is a never-ending supply of young people on which to feed.

[MadMaddie]

4. Indeed....you are right...

[TomInTib]

7. There was a time when I thought that the effup I was in was the end

of useless, insane wars.

They just rewind and reload and send the innocents off to die for the Dollar.

Endless Enemies, Endless War.

Sometimes I just have no hope.

Will we ever learn?

Evidently not.

[MadMaddie]

11. We the people have learned but it's the criminals in power that

choose not to learn.....

I like you feel sometimes there is no hope and then there is a little moment like Colbert....or Fitzgerald.....

The thing is we have each other and we know we are not alone and not insane.....:grouphug:

[The Straight Story]

5. There were 16,694 alcohol-related fatalities in 2004

about 8 times the amount of soldiers dead in Iraq to date. People know that drinking and driving kills but they still do it. Not sure a body count in Iraq will change too many minds...sad really.

[Erika]

8. Our troops died under a pretense of fighting for our country

What does that have to do with drinking and driving?

Love to hear your rationale for such an insane statement.

[The Straight Story]

16. It has to do with this:

Body counts and psychology.

We hear about death here everyday. America seems like a worse place to be in than in Iraq. More murders here, more deaths here for Americans.

Is it any wonder that less than 3000 people dying in a war over a period of 2-3 years (Americans) is not a big deal to folks here? More are touched by personal tragedy in the US than they are are by issues abroad. To me that breeds complacency.

Do I see it as 2400 deaths uneeded? Yep. I think it sucks. But I can understand why it is not a major issue here. Less than 1000 die a year in war we have waged, whereas hundreds of thousands die here in US over other things.

Why should joe six-pack care as much about lives lost there as lives lost here they see about daily in the news?

I think they should care - but I can see why they don't.

[DanCa]

6. How many steak dinners does chimpy shove down his gullet in a week?

Hmm I wonder what would happen if we changed the subject line to read 2403 former embryos are now dead in Iraq. :mad:

[Erika]

9. The Right wingers would be screaming about the loss of life

They are like that.

[uppityperson]

10. 2,986 official on 911, closing in. Can we quit then?

[Atman]

12. Actually, the official toll is considerably less...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- More than two years after the World Trade Center fell in terrorist attacks, New York has reduced its official death toll from September 11, 2001, by 40 people.

The change from 2,792 to 2,752 is the result of an ongoing review process -- in particular of those initially reported as missing for whom no human remains have been identified.

The city has reduced the September 11 death toll before, but the figure of 2,792 had held steady for more than a year.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/29/wtc.deaths/

[uppityperson]

13. Thanks, I thought that # seemed high. Even better.

[dogday]

14. Light a candle for the troops....

:cry: :grouphug:

[catmandu57]

15. 2405 now

I was just there.

[Erika]

17. 2,406 now dead n/t