janelane wrote:
] Jello wrote:
] ] ] There have been 1,380 coalition deaths, 1,234 Americans,
] ] ] 74 Britons, seven Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, two
] ] ] Estonians, one Hungarian, 19 Italians, one Latvian, 13
] ] ] Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two
] ] ] Thai and nine Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of
] ] ] November 26, 2004. (Graphical breakdown of casualties).
] ] ] The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines,
] ] ] airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have
] ] ] been notified of their deaths by each country's
] ] ] government. At least 9,326 U.S. troops have been wounded
] ] ] in action, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon does
] ] ] not report the number of non-hostile wounded. This list
] ] ] is updated regularly. For a historical look at U.S. war
] ] ] casualties, click here, and to view a list of casualties
] ] ] in the war in Afghanistan, click here.
] ]
] ] 10,706 total U.S. casualties. Why don't we hear THIS
] number
] ] more?
]
] ...because you made it up?
]
] 1380 (coalition deaths) + 9236 (wounded US troups) = 10706
] [unit error]
]
] In the same vein as your comment, however, I have noticed a
] major increase in the number of human interest-related war
] stories in the news (e.g. this soldier died the same day his
] son was born, etc.).
]
] -janelane

Okay, okay. Woops. But I didn't "make it up." A casualty includes a serious injury that takes a soldier out of combat. Dead + Injured = Casualties. It should have read 1,234 + 9236 = 10,470 total U.S. casualties. That number is huge. Seems like it would be quoted.

If a guy loses a leg, or takes schrapenel in the ass, or is blinded... isn't that as significant as a death? 10K lives seriously and horrendously altered is pretty damned significant. But its like only the dead count.

I think its fucked up. Its like noone cares about the injured. They're just forgotten and left to the VA.

RE: Casualties List at CNN.com