Is it offensive to RedsStaters to be reminded of Combat body counts???

Question

Or do they live in a video game fantasy world where all the dead and wounded return to life when you click replay.

Answer 1

Not offensive at all. It is good to be reminded of the cost of freedom once in awhile. If only the demo-gogs could realize the importance of the numbers instead of trying to use them for political gain..

Answer 2

Years Location Killed Wounded
1775-1783 (1) Revolutionary War 25324 8445 --
1789 Indian Wars 6125 2156 --
1798-1800 Franco-Amer Naval War 20 42 --
1801-1815 Barbary Wars 35 64 --
1812-1815 War of 1812 2260 4505 --
1814 Marquesas Islands 4 1 --
1822-1825 West Indies 3 5 --
1832 Sumatra 2 11 --
1835-1836 Texas War Of Independence 704 138 --
1846-1848 Mexican War 13283 32 --
1855 Fiji 1 2 --
1859-1860 Texas Border Cortina War 5 18 --
1861-1865 (2) Civil War, North 363,020 281,104 --
1861-1865 (2) Civil War, South 199110 137102 --
1853 Japan 5 6 --
1867 Formosa 1 0 --
1870 Mexico 1 4 --
1871 Korea 4 10 --
1898 Spanish American War 2893 1637 --
1899-1902 Philippines War 4273 2840 --
1899 Samoa 4 5 --
1900 China Boxer Rebellion 53 253 --
1902-1913 Moro Campaigns 130 300 --
1904 Dominican Republic 1 0 --
1911-1919 Mexico 19 69 --
1912 Nicaragua 5 16 --
1915-1920 Haiti 146 26 --
1916-1922 Dominican Republic 144 50 --
1917-1918 World War I 116708 204002 $33 bil
1918-1919 Russia North Expedition 246 307 --
1918-1920 Russia Siberia Expedition 170 52 --
1921-1941 China Yangtze Service 5 80 --
1927-1932 Nicaragua 136 66 --
1941 North Atlantic Naval War 141 44 --
1941 Pearl Harbor 2388 -- --
1941-1945 World War II 408306 670846 $360 bil
1941-1945 Numbers are estimates
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Army
256,267
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Army AF
53,007
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Merch Mar
9,300
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Navy
34,607
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Mar Corps
17,376 to 19,733
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1942, Jun through Aug Aleutian Campaign US 549;
Japan 2352 US 1148 combat;
2100 weather --
1945, Apr through Jun Okinawa US Navy 5,000
USMC/Army 8,000
Japan 107,539
Civilians 142,058 US 38,000 --
1945, Feb 19 through Mar 16 Iwo Jima USMC 6,891
Japan 19,788
Civilians -- US 18,070 --
1942, Jun 3/7 Midway 307 -- --
06 Jun 1944 D-Day Allied WIA
7900 (approx)

Allied KIA
2,400 (approx)

British KIA/WIA
2,700

Canadian KIA/WIA
946

United States
KIA 1465
WIA 3184
MIA 1928
POW 29

-- --
1945 Iwo Jima 6503 -- --
1945-1947 Italy Trieste 6 14 --
1945-1947 China Civil War 12 42 --
1950 Inchon 670 -- --
1950-1953 Korean War 54246 103284 $50 bil
1954 Matsu and Quemoy 3 0 --
1957-1975 Vietnam War 58219 (4) 153356 $111 bil
1958-1984 Lebanon 268 169 --
1962 Cuba 9 0 --
1964 Panama Canal Riots 4 85 --
1965-1966 Dominican Republic 59 174 --
1966-1969 South Korea 89 131 --
1967 Israel Attack/USS Liberty 34 171 --
1968 Tet (Vietnam) 7040 0 --
1980 Iran
Operation Desert One 8 0 --
1980-1991 Terrorism 28 0 --
1983 Grenada 19 100 $76 mil
1983
23 Oct Beirut Lebanon 241 -- --
1983-1991 El Salvador 20 0 --
1984-1989 Honduras 1 28 --
1986 Libya 2 0 --
1987 (3) Persian Gulf 148 467 --
1989-1990 Panama 40 240 $163 mil
1990-1991 Persian Gulf, Op Desert Shield/Storm 363 357 $61 bil
1991-1992 Somalia, Op Restore Hope 8 -- $.52 bil
1993, Feb 26 Terrorism, World Trade Center 6 1000+ -
1995 Terrorism
Oklahoma City 168 400+ --
1995, Nov 13 Terrorism
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 7 42 --
1995-2000 Terrorism 77 -- --
1996, Jun 25 Terroism
Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia 19 500 --
2000 Yemen, USS Cole 17 651 --
2001, Sept 11 Flight 93 44 -- --
2001 Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan 89 33 (U.S.) (Friendly Fire) --
2002 Operation Enduring Freedom, Filipines 12 -- --
2002 Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan Theater 30 28 --
2003
2004 Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan Theater 34 -- --
2003
2004 Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq
Current Stats Are Here COMBAT/ATTACKS
United States 2601
Australia 2
Britain (UK) 115
Bulgaria 13
Denmark 3
El Salvador 2
Estonia 2
Hungary 1
Italy 31
Latvia 1
Netherlands 2
Poland 17
Slovakia 3
Spain 11
Thailand 2
Ukraine 18
POW 7

Other Iraq War Casualty Resources:


I-Casualties

Iraq Body Count

IRAQIS KILLED
Military
19,217
American Est: Civilians and Military

British Est: Civilians and Military
21,700 to 55,000
INJURIES
US: 8,004 hostile
US: --- non-hostile

Answer 3

Because when it is presented without any context, it demonstrates the stupidity of the person reciting that number. Body counts don't mean anything, except to idiots like yourself.

In war, you need to assess goals, accomplishments of goals, etc. In a counter-insurgency, there will for a very long time seem to be little change, and no progress. Look at the UK troops in Northern Ireland - for many years it looked like nothing was being accomplished.

Perhaps it is YOU who live in some fantasy world where you can accomplish significant regime change or counter-insurgency operations without loss of life.

Tweak.

Answer 4

I'm a redstater and I know people don't come back from the dead. Next Monday will be the 3 year anniversary of the day my friend died in Iraq.

Answer 5

No it's not offensive and it's also not a video game. We are all well aware of the sacrifices made in the name of Freedom. How dare you reduce the sacrifice made by these brave people to your own stupid idiology? It's easy to tell that you have never served or you wouldn't be spewing such hatred of fellow Americans. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Answer 6

Well, if you consider that more were killed on D-Day than in four years in Iraq, I would say that the 'combat body count' is not a statistic in the 'anti-war' campaign's favor.

Answer 7

No it's offensive when you people make their actions worthless, and their deaths in vain.

Answer 8

It's sad but not offensive.

Answer 9

You were probably a pro-Nazi in America in a past life.

Answer 10

What is it with you and red staters? I smell bigot all over your posts.