I'm not trying to sound callous to the deaths in this war, but people, usually very young and/or uneducated people, think that a war with 2,500 deaths in two years is significant. Let me go back to my WWII perspective ...
When Germany invaded Russia at Stalingrad and Moscow, Russia lost more than 24 million people, including more than 1 million soldiers. The United States lost more than 400,000 soldiers with more than 100,000 still missing in action.
Yes, the U.S. has suffered 2,500 killed in action in this war but that's over more than two years. The U.S. lost more than 4,000 soldiers IN ONE DAY during the invasion of Normandy. In fact, during WWII the U.S. lost more than 2,000 soldiers per week EVERY WEEK for more than four years.
Sure, the U.S. has spent a couple of hundred billion dollars, which is A LOT of money. But WWII cost the U.S., adjusted for inflation, almost $12 TRILLION dollars.
Some perspective ... please.
2006-06-26
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