Reply #8: Typical RW banter... [View All]

don't pay attention to the facts, just support them cause they know best. For the record, the reason there have not been MORE deaths is because of the kevlar vests and helmets these guys wear. There are thousands wounded, and the percentage of wounded with limbs lost is much higher than in previous wars (again, the vests stop damage to the body, saving the soldier's life, although not arms or legs). So, when a RWer justifies whis war by saying "only" 1800 have died and this pales in comparison to Vietnam, WWII, etc., point out the number of wounded (according to antiwar.com, that number is officially 13559 wounded, which, according to the pentagon, are counted as someone injured as a direct result of an insurgent bullet or bomb). How kevlar vests play into the number of wounded I can't say, but I know there is an effect. Just something to think about.