--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> [...] > > > > > > > > > > Well, I've seen the figure of 50,000 and in the last couple > of > > > days > > > > > 600,000. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 50,000 is directly due to Coalition action. The 600,000 is > deaths > > > beyond what would be > > > > normal pre-invasion. > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, and when that figure came out it was considered > high...indeed, > > > 10,000 was considered high... > > > > > > > The current US casualty figures are: 2700ish dead, 20,000 wounded, > about half of those > > with brain damage and/or amputations, maybe more. We have body > armor and the best > > weapons and the most ammo and are doing most of the shooting. Are > you seriously > > suggesting that the Iraqi dead and wounded are only 2x as high as > ours, with NO > > collatoral damage, even though most fighting is in urbun areas? > That's what the 50,000 > > figure implies... > > > > > I have no idea what the real figures are. > > I do know that throughout history that the cost of freedom hasn't > been free. > > Just ask the several hundred thousand Americans who died during the > US Civil War. > > But I guess the freeing of the slaves wouldn't have been that much > of a priority to you, eh Spare Egg, what will all the inconvenient > killing that it entailed. >
Yep, we invaded Africa, killed all the Jewish and Moslem slave traders from the period, and freed the slaves in Africa... My response has as much relevance as yours. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
