Least we forget - Casualties, MIAs & POWs in Iraq

[Jeffersons Ghost]

CNN.com /world

US and Coalition Casualties in Iraq

There have been 4,237 coalition deaths -- 3,931 Americans, two Australians, 174 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of January 25, 2008, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties). The link below offers the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The link also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 29,005 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.

these links include pictures of people that paid the ultimate price for freedom:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

MIA / POW

One U.S. soldier is missing and three others are currently listed as captured as of July 2, 2007. The link below reflects the names officially listed as Prisoners of War or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown by the Pentagon.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/pow.mia/index.html

HERE'S A NEAT ANTI-WAR ANIMATED GIF

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[bdamomma]

1. and it just rages on disgusting needless death and destruction.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. yes it does; as the average American becomes increasingly desensitized to the horror

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[Tyler Durden]

3. Welcome and enjoy your short stay!

Dead people are a tragedy no matter how they got that way.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. many were National Guardsmen who are currently conscripted to fight

Some are on their 4th tour of duty and all they want is to stop killing and come home!

[Sweet Pea]

6. "Conscripted to fight"?

What do you mean by that? Conscription - i.e. the draft - ended in the early 70's. We have an all-volunteer military, sport. Even the National Guard.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. by "conscription" I meant...

Many are serving extra tours in Iraq. In Viet Nam one tour paid the piper. I've spoken with returning soldiers who say that they were forced to stay longer in Iraq than originally planned. The lack of a draft is one of the reasons US citizens are more complacent about ending the war than they were during Nam.

[bdamomma]

7. those poor National Guards, some of them just thought

they would work just on weekends and guard the nation, instead * is using them for cannon fodder.

[Sweet Pea]

9. Then they deserved what they got.

If they didn't know that the President can call up the National Guard like has been done, they deserved what they got. "I didn't know I could go to war!" is not a defense.