Posted by Orin Kerr:
More on the Iraq-Vietnam Casualty Comparison:
Phil Carter and Owen West offer their take on Iraq/Vietnam casualty
comparisons in [1]Slate. Their conclusion:
After factoring in medical, doctrinal, and technological
improvements, infantry duty in Iraq circa 2004 comes out just as
intense as infantry duty in Vietnam circa 1966--and in some cases
more lethal. Even discrete engagements, such as the battle of Hue
City in 1968 and the battles for Fallujah in 2004, tell a similar
tale: Today's grunts are patrolling a battlefield every bit as
deadly as the crucible their fathers faced in Southeast Asia.
Of course, this isn't exactly the issue that [2]I looked into
yesterday, but is somewhat related (and pretty interesting on its own,
too).
References
1.
http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2111432&MSID=A9EDE125B6E246BA80BC37A004C7C3A7
2. http://volokh.powerblogs.com/posts/1104180087.shtml
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