Aimless spin on Iraq death toll
This piece really pisses me off. The The Bush apologists are all over it, of course. Yeah, you have a greater chance of dying at home then you do while deployed in Iraq. We knew that. Technology is a wonderful thing. The enhanced equipment saves lives, but the study fails to address in any substantive manner, the injury rate.
The chance of of coming home damaged is 1 in 33. The down side of the technology that saves lives is that more guys are coming home in pieces, with multiple lost limbs and head traumas than in any other war. I have to wonder if that even counts the one third of the troops that come home with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, since the Pentagon is busy trying to discount it as a legitimate condition.
This article adds nothing to the discussion other than offering a weak excuse to support the senseless carnage in the Middle East. I mean, tell us something we don't know. The left is still right. This war in Iraq is a disaster not only for stability in the Middle East, but also for our troops.
The chance of of coming home damaged is 1 in 33. The down side of the technology that saves lives is that more guys are coming home in pieces, with multiple lost limbs and head traumas than in any other war. I have to wonder if that even counts the one third of the troops that come home with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, since the Pentagon is busy trying to discount it as a legitimate condition.
This article adds nothing to the discussion other than offering a weak excuse to support the senseless carnage in the Middle East. I mean, tell us something we don't know. The left is still right. This war in Iraq is a disaster not only for stability in the Middle East, but also for our troops.
posted by Libby Spencer at 6:50 PM
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