1,000

[Yonivore]

The latest headlines all over the various media outlets is that the United States has now sustained 1,000 soldier deaths in Iraq.

One thousand! What a huge number, right? To hear the media tell it, you would think that 1,000 U.S. troops just died yesterday. Of course, the truth is much different, but reporting the truth doesn't help defeat George W. Bush, now does it?

Operation Iraqi Freedom is now only 18 months old. In that time, we have liberated a country of 25 million people, overthrown a murderous regime and installed an interim government. We have done all of this with the loss of 1,000 troops. While every lost life is tragic, that number is lower than every single estimate that was made before the war. There were talking heads predicting a loss of 10,000 U.S. lives during the invasion alone. So we're supposed to believe that after a year and a half, only 1,000 is somehow a failure? I don't think so.

Then you have these idiots comparing Iraq to Vietnam which shows their stupidity. 58,000 lives lost over the course of a decade is not the same thing as Iraq. Besides, we've won the war in Iraq by every measure of success.

But really, this has nothing to do with casualties, the war in Iraq, or Bush's handling of it. This is just the media following their template, running stories that hurt Bush in the hopes of electing Kerry to the Oval Office.

[Hook Dem]

What is 1000 besides a number? Even 1 is too many but deaths occur in a war. Should we just simply wait till more are killed on our shores? You would have to be very naive to believe it couldn't happen again. GOD bless our Troops!:next3

[Joe Chalupa]

I concur. There is still plenty to be done in Iraq.

[IcemanCometh]

only 1,000? we could do another 100 wars like that, lets bring em on George.

[spurster]

And who cares about the 15,000 or so Iraqi dead?

[bigzak25]

did you care about all the iraqi's killed and tortured under saddam's regime?

[IcemanCometh]

obviously you did. and every republican did too thats why we went to iraq to find wm- i mean free them from terror.

[spurster]

I only started caring when Saddam changed from Rummy's friend to Rummy's enemy.

More seriously, the US and every other nation has had a very poor record propping up regimes in the Middle East, much less any with decent human rights (with the very strange exception of Syria and Lebanon). Based on what I've seen to date, I don't expect much when the US eventually leaves.

[CommanderMcBragg]

What about all those dying in Sudan?

Are they less worthy simply because they are not a threat to US security?

[sportcamper1]

When you sip tea with the French,
don't forget your little finger."

[Yonivore]

"Are they less worthy simply because they are not a threat to US security?"

Not less worthy but, realistically, they aren't a threat to U.S. Security and we are a little busy at the moment. Let the French intervene, they're not doing anything.