"You were always on my mind" - NOT - Paul Wolfowitz

[Jersey Devil]

Willie Nelson, wherever you are, my apologies.

Now read about the awareness and deep feelings for our dying soldiers (sarcasm included) by one of the head assholes running this stupid war:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20040430/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_deaths_wolfowitz_2&printer=1

Pentagon's No. 2 Flubs Iraq Casualties

WASHINGTON - Asked how many American troops have died in Iraq, the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s No. 2 civilian estimated Thursday the total was about 500 — more than 200 soldiers short.

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was asked about the toll at a hearing of a House Appropriations subcommittee. "It's approximately 500, of which — I can get the exact numbers — approximately 350 are combat deaths," he responded

"He misspoke," spokesman Charley Cooper said later. "That's all."

American deaths Thursday were at 722 — 521 of them from combat — since the start of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense (news - web sites).

Wolfowitz, an architect of the military campaign in Iraq, was responding to questions from Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, on the costs of the war.

Since President Bush (news - web sites) declared an end to major combat last May 1, 582 U.S. soldiers have died — 410 as a result of hostile action.

April has been the deadliest month so far, with more than 100 killed and some 900 wounded amid a sharp rise in violence.

Kaptur asked Wolfowitz the question after he told the committee that U.S. authorities were working to train and equip Iraqi forces so they can one day take over their own security.

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1. for these guys

soldiers are just tools, so, they think of them that way, and lets be honest, who really knows how many tools they have, or how many they hvae lost, so long as they have enough left over to do the job? :(

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2. FRUs

the ultimate Field Replaceable Unit.