As for how long we have been in Iraq, the cost of a war is not measured in time. It is measured in lives lost.
While our media are impatiently waiting for the 4,000th American death in Iraq that they can trumpet, and rub our noses in — in the name of “honoring the troops” — we need to understand that casualty rates in Iraq are low, as wars go.
If and when that 4,000th American death in Iraq is reached, we need to recall that more Marines than that were lost taking one island in the Pacific during World War II.
During the Civil War, more than twice as many Union soldiers as that were killed — in one day — at the battle of Shiloh, and again at Gettysburg.
The “war on terror” is a misleading phrase. It is the terrorists’ war against us — and it is not something that we can unilaterally call off. Our only choice is where to fight it, over there or over here.
Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
Date: Sunday February 14, 3:17 am
Date: Friday January 22, 3:23 am
I visited Gettysburg for memorial day weekend and it’s crazy to compare war then and war now. Back then soldier fought soldier. If they couldn’t compete in terms of numbers or firepower, they retreated; rather then going after civilians of the other side. In that battle, at Gettysburg only ONE civilian died, and it was from a stray bullet through a door. Even the Japanese in WWII attacked a military target rather than a civilian one. Does it bother anyone that now in todays modern war against terrorism, we’re fighting cowards who hide behind and kill civilians rather than fight face to face with our soldiers?