Meanwhile, 8000 miles east, 114 shy of 2000 dead troops.

[karlrschneider]

http://icasualties.org/oif/
:grr:

edit: corrected number, mis-read my printed out copy. Should be 114 short of 2000
sorry

[NMDemDist2]

1. kicked and nominated n/t

[RoyGBiv]

2. That would be 114. n/t

[karlrschneider]

6. Oh! Dammit, my bad. I had printed the page out & my printer low on ink

looked like a 9. Mea culpa.

[Imagevision]

3. Imagine fighting there when you see your own country not taken care of?

There should be plenty of troops from Louisanna,Miss. and Alabama wondering what the fuck is going on with rescue response with the president some of them voted for?!!
A real moral booster! -- Clinton Lied and no-one died!

[karlrschneider]

7. Some of them have lost their homes. I heard they can't get emerg. leave

...not SURE about that but I did read it somewhere.
:grr:

[maddezmom]

4. another kick

and recommendation.

So sad...* is a failure at everything and people are paying the price at home and at war. :mad:

[murray hill farm]

5. Thanks for posting this!

recommended

[hippywife]

8. Comparisons

Vietnam '61-64: 1854 in four years
Iraq: '03-05: 1886 on two and half years.