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Is he trying to give the insurgents ideas.........
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
While every single loss (death AND injury) is tragic, it is importance to look at these numbers in context.
3,100 over nearly 4 years is a remarkably low number, yet the AP, Reuters and the AFP trumpet it as if it represents some bloody rout.
In 2003 alone, over 35,000 people died from the friggin' heat
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When you do a cost-benefit analysis, though, 3,100 U.S. troops is a lot to have lost, given that the threat to the U.S. of Iraqi WMD has not been reduced, the level of civil disorder in Iraq is greater, Iraqi is now much more of a base for Al Qaeda, Iran has been strengthened, etc.
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