Is this a good thing or a bad thing for our country? Does our president care?
2007-08-29 08:43:55 · 18 answers · asked by Meadow 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Then why do we mourn their loss? Shouldn't we be expecting it, and happy they did their job?
2007-08-29 08:51:24 · update #1
I look forward to the funerals!!!
2007-08-29 08:53:02 · update #2
Not as high as the British troops, the Yanks keep shooting at them.
2007-08-29 08:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by Fourcandles 4 · 2⤊ 17⤋
can I assume that none of the people her comparing being in the armed forces with getting into a car, have never lost a family member to war?
PS. I realise that those who have lost someone to eg a drunk driver can quite rightly,feel that they have suffered a similar loss.
Any loss is terrible and none are a good thing.
2007-08-29 08:56:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Only about 1% of the soldiers in Iraq or Afganistan have been wounded or killed. Overall thats pretty light compared to other wars. My division deployed with 20,000, only 87 KIAs. So no, its not really a good chance. It is less then most wars so far. So in that respect, it is better for our country, we are improving. Not to mention that the survivability rate of wounded soldiers has increased greatly due to body armor, medical care and extraction.
I believe the President cares about those of us who get killed. Nobody wants people to get killed. Sometimes it happens, and people in power, from and E-4 to the President have to make those hard decesions.
2007-08-29 08:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by mnbvcxz52773 7 · 9⤊ 2⤋
Less than 1% chance of a Soldier/Marine becoming a KIA.
And no, anyone looking forward to funerals of my fallen brothers is NOT a "true American." I'd invite you to move to France or Iran where your jollies can be fulfilled in accordance with the rest of your kind.
War on Terror Blog: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DfkctJU7dK5B7LcNROoyVQ--?cq=1
2007-08-29 08:58:25 · answer #4 · answered by John T 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
You look forward to the funerals? You truly are a horrible person...
2007-08-29 09:19:00 · answer #5 · answered by Marco R 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
And I'm sure the vets will be looking forward to your funeral too.
2007-08-29 11:03:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jude 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
considering they have less of a chance dying in combat than they do dying in a car accident back home i'd say no.
we've had fewer casualities in iraq in 4 years than we had on ONE beach at D Day. i know you lefties hate the truth and use the military when it suits your socialista agenda.
thanks!
yeah love the reply above! good answer! N'oleans the murder capital of the country over the last year! and that ain't a combat zone!!! or is it?
2007-08-29 08:48:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 1⤋
I teach several criminal justice high school courses, and I can tell you that Detroit, like New Orleans, has a higher murder rate than they do in Iraq. At least our brave soldiers get to carry a gun and wear camouflage. Do that in most of the USA and you get arrested on the spot.
2007-08-29 08:52:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 11⤊ 1⤋
Dont you have just an equal chance of being killed in a car accident????
Of course they have a chance of being KIA. But they still do their job above the danger.... Do you stop driving your car just because you might get in an accident????
You look forward to their funerals, huh??? Thats alright, I look forward to yours too....
2007-08-29 08:50:22 · answer #9 · answered by Dan 4 · 14⤊ 2⤋
you obviously do not care with your statements you make on here.Seems to me that you are a bad thing for your country by your attitude and pathetic questions i have seen.
from the uk
2007-08-29 11:43:08 · answer #10 · answered by lou 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not as "good" a chance as the grandmothers and children of Iraq.
2007-08-29 10:02:54 · answer #11 · answered by Beau D. Satva 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋