War can leave one hell of a mark.

[jimmydean]

Military Releases High Casualty Figures (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/14/cbsnews_investigates/main4012249.shtml)

Ouch.

As of April 5, a total of 36,082 members of the U.S. military have been wounded in action and killed in Iraq, since the beginning of the war in March 2003, and in Afghanistan, where the war there began in October 2001. The 36,082 number breaks down to 4,492 deaths and 31,590 wounded. According to the same DoD "casualty" counts, an additional 38,631 U.S. military personnel have also been removed from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan for "non-hostile-related medical air transports."

[gonefirefightin]

I have heard it can leave a mark too!

[black noise]

What's the Iraqi death toll now? Estimates range from 100,000 to a million?

[SPINTECK]

What's the Iraqi death toll now? Estimates range from 100,000 to a million?

People wonder why they want to kill us when we're over there.

[Silver]

What's the Iraqi death toll now? Estimates range from 100,000 to a million?

Who cares?

[manimal]

Who cares?

haha...i was going to post as you and write something like:

"eh, they're all brown anyway, so what?"

[black noise]

Who cares?

Yeah, of course. They're not Americans anyway.

[Silver]

Yeah, of course. They're not Americans anyway.

And they certainly aren't white and Christian...

**** em!

[LordOpie]

But don't you fockin' dare make fun of cyclists in a TV commercial!

[gonefirefightin]

ther are a few decent Iraqis out there but, dont blame the whole batch becaue a few bad ones, they are trying, trust me, I have been there.

I cant vouch for the majority but they deserve the benefit of the doubt, and most of the one's I have met are really decent people.

it is hard to split hairs, in any culture that is in a state reformation but they want it to work, it is only 10% of the population that are anit-democracy because the have alot to lose in corruption.

I will tell you this, the numbers of wounded troops is staggering and the severity of the injuries is sickening, I am on of 5 that survived a blast attack on our vehicle and 1 of four of others that has lived more than 2 years post injury from tramatic brain damage.

[ire]

I will tell you this, the numbers of wounded troops is staggering and the severity of the injuries is sickening, I am on of 5 that survived a blast attack on our vehicle and 1 of four of others that has lived more than 2 years post injury from tramatic brain damage.

Damn, talk about harsh reality. It seems like they always talk about the death toll, but not the injured vets coming back