2681 Reasons why the DSM is Important

[brettdale]

There have been 2681 US Troops Killed in Iraq.

[partylessinOhio]

1. Rest in peace soldiers, I wouldn't have sent you there.

CNN reporting now that General Chiarelli says they need more troops in Baghdad - need more cannon fodder.

:cry:

[blm]

2. The DSM prove the IWR didn't even matter. They had no intention of letting

any resolution tell them what to do. They were "fixing the intelligence around the policy" and the American people had no say.

[wanpete]

3. Haven't seen you in a while Brettdale. Thanks for keeping this sad number

in focus. This is the real cost of the war.

[sweetheart]

4. Getting some perspective on the casualties stateside:

In the U.S. for 2001, there were 29,573 deaths from firearms, distributed as follows by mode of death: Suicide 16,869; Homicide 11,348; Accident 802; Legal Intervention 323; Undetermined 231.(CDC, 2004)
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNSTAT.html