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Karen, My standard apology for being so tardy in replying. My test for the number of dead is not the “internal PDF” or
any other rumors. Programs like Nightline have regularly put all the dead on the air
– with photos. Anyone who has lost someone that doesn’t appear is likely to
raise hell – and there are supposed to be 7,300 of them. Yet, not a peep have we heard from those thousands of bereaved but
cold-shouldered people. It’s just another piece of nonsense from some of the Bush
conspiracy people. As you know, the moment the die was cast and the tanks rolled across
the border, my position changed. There was now no point in being anti-war. We
now had to win it and promote democracy/steal Iraqi oil/build an Empire (take
your pick). The advance to The number was actually 38 – but tens of thousands sounds better.
(The 38 were beginning to come back in last time I looked - a year or
more ago. We made horrendous mistakes – including the disbanding of the
Iraqi Army, something that looked like a good idea at the time. We messed up
the modern sophisticated medical and surgical system in our stupidity (yet in
Saddam’s last budget, the amount for health worked out at 95 cents a
person). I suspect we messed up a health system that was strictly for the
Saddamites. Then, the terrorists got to work and killed Americans. When that got
more costly and less effective, they started killing first police and then
civilians. Actually, they don’t seem to care who they kill. In spite of this, success has been achieved around the The Iraqi police and army are being built up again – not nearly
as successfully as we would hope – but the attempt is being made. Downtown
The cost of 1,700 dead Americans and 12,000 hurt, along with some
23,000 Iraqi civilians (mostly killed by the terrorist campaign) is a heavy
price to pay. Yet, in the coastal areas of the D-Day landings 12,000 civilians died
– 20,000 in So, now we are in It looks cautiously good. Harry ******************************* of 818 352-4141 ******************************* From: Karen Watters
Cole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] However, before you pooh-pooh the idea entirely just
because you haven’t read
anything that challenges the official counts, do as I plan to do from now on
when I see those tributes on the evening news broadcasts naming those lost,
with their photos and sometimes a brief personal mention (CBS Bob Schaeffer
doing this, PBS posts in silence): let’s start paying attention to the
rank and service, not just their ages. Do you see only active duty or are
Reservists/Guards noted? Karen I would like
to see this memo authenticated. Come to think
about it, I’d like to see this memo. From time to
time, the listing of war dead is seen on national television. (Not to mention
elsewhere. I could
imagine the uproar from the 7,300 parents, spouses, and siblings when they find
no mention of their loved ones in these listings of ALL Iraqi war dead. Yet, not a
peep. Could it just
be that the “leak” is absolute poppycock? Never mind,
the rumor will makes the rounds until it becomes fact – like the peculiar
statistical projection of 98,000 dead civilians from 21 actual deaths
“many” of whom might be soldiers. (It reminds
me of the 17 changes Thatcher made in the statistical count of the unemployed,
With each count, unemployment lessened.) I’ve
never professed to be an intellectual – whatever that may be (I understand
you have lots of them in Europe) – but as I’ve said, I can count. I’m not
sure that intellectuals can. So, wait for
yet another rumor to become fact thus joining the other “facts”
that bedevil us. However, I am
glad that the Basra area is peaceful and attending to its business – so
much so that the Brits simply keep a low profile. They certainly did a great
job. Harry ******************************* Henry George
School of Social Science of Los
Angeles Box 655
Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************* From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Karen, There
are questions and rumors circulating in cyberspace about a civilian who claims
to have obtained an internal Pentagon PDF that lists the true war dead in Keith Hudson, Bath, England, <www.evolutionary-economics.org> |
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