Today Marks a New Height in the Death Toll in Iraq.
By David Cowan
Knowledge Beat
LONG BEACH, CALIF. (April 30, 2008)-- The death toll in Iraq for the month of April has been the highest in the past seven months. Over 47 servicemen have died in April as a result of militia activity.
According to a spokesman for the Iraqi civilian security operations, at over 900 people have died in Sadr city as a result of heavy fight, although these numbers have yet to be confirmed.
As of today the US death toll is about 4, 059.
For more information on the Iraq War click here.
The Shadow Knows
While the number of US servicemen killed so far is reaching a high I can't help but think of the number of people who died in the Vietnam war under similar circumstances.
In the bloodiest year of the fighting in Vietnam, 1968, 14, 589 soldiers lost their lives. This is the equivalent to about 40 a day. More over to the nay sayers who are talking about the horrendous loss of life so far, I need only to think back to 1966, where in the first year of hard combat over 5,000 soldiers were killed.
In over five years of fighting in Iraq the US has lost over 4,000 troops. This equates to about two soldiers a day.
While the losses are no less tragic I feel that by comparison we are doing better. I do not believe in this war, I do not believe the people who are in charge, but I do believe that the people on the ground are real and the people who sent them there are.
So do your part, help end the war and save their lives, like they're trying to save ours.
For statistics on the Vietnam War click here.
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There is a connection between both wars and we all know it is about money and power. We did not "win" in vietnam because that war was a civil war between that country, and the U.S. just got caught in the middle. The same thing is happening in Iraq. Wars are all about money and so the U.S. will continue to be looked upon to be "caught" up in the middle of countries and their problems.
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