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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Whil discussing numbers, I believe that this Big "Mess" and "quagmire" we are now bogged down in has resulted in ~850 American deaths.
Which, in perspective, is about one third of how many Americans were killed on D-Day alone.
Don't get me wrong - the loss of one mere American is terrible - but these actual numbers at issue are miniscule to say the least.
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The actual number of people killed in the WTC are miniscule compared to the pop of New York, yet I don't see anyone using the term "miniscule" with that tragedy. 850 people who swore to defend our country have been killed.
I know everybody's got stories about their link to the troops, so I'm not arguing I'm special, but I have a family member who wa sin Iraq and is now rotated out. He served as a pallbearer for a guy from his brigade who was killed a month ago in Iraq. He didn't really know the guy that well but since the rest of the unit was still in Iraq he wanted to do what he can. The descriptions he gave of the sadness of the family and friends of this guy were pretty heartbreaking. You might think that "miniscule" is perspective, but my perspective is that the suffering of that kid's family and friends is being felt 850 times over.
Sorry to get all holier than thou. It's usually not my style but I think the word miniscule just set me off. I think it's time for happy hour.
