At least nine U.S. troops killed...

CNN ^

[ruschpa]

...At least nine U.S. service members were killed in combat and by bombs across Iraq on Tuesday and six were wounded, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

During May, 81 U.S. military personnel have died, bringing the total since the war began to 3,432, including seven civilian employees of the Defense Department.

[Moonman62]

I think W has the attitude that the little people don’t need to be informed. It’s evident in the illegal immigration issue, too.

[2dogjoe]

Prayers for their families.

God Bless Them All.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I just googled news for “traffic deaths” and stopped counting after 20 reports of convictions for causing traffic deaths reported in yesterday’s and today’s news.

We are killing a lot more people with our cars than the terrorists are killing our troops in Iraq.

[syriacus]

Please also pray for the 621 Americans who died on one date , November 28, 1950, because we entered a war to rewin South Korea's freedom.

And pray for the 781 Americans who died on one date, November 30, 1950, because they fought in a war which was started to re-win S. Korea's freedom.

Those 1402 brave Americans died on 2 days in a war that would not have taken place, if Truman hadn't pulled our troops out of South Korea in 1949.

Because our troops had pulled out of South Korea, the North Korean army of Kim il-Sung invaded and occupied most of S. Korea in 1950.

Truman sent our troops back in 1950, and by the time Truman stepped down from office, 30,000 Americans had died in Korea in 30 months.

The Iraq war is a lot like the Korean War, except, in 2007,

1. we have a Republican president
2. no draft
3. an uncensored press
4. an antagonistic press
5. only 10% of the deaths
6. Bush isn't dumb enough to pull out our troops from Iraq like the Democrats pulled our troops out of South Korea.

[syriacus]

None of them have Fox news, it’s exclusively CNN or MSN or BBC for cable news in english, and I never heard anything on these news shows out of context or what sounded like a clelbration.

Thank heavens the newsreaders don't have to read 781 names of members of the military who died in one day!

Can you imagine the announcers doing that during one evening report in 1950?

Gosh, in the last 2 months of 1950 115 Americans who were 17 or younger died because we needed to re-win freedom for S. Korea

On average, a bad month in Iraq would have been a good month in Korea

Number of US deaths, month by month (approx. 45 mos)

-------Iraq War------Korean War (many draftees included)

65	2,849
73	1,754
37	3,345
30	386
47	3,475
35	2,154
30	657
43	2,068
82	886
40	1,072
47	1,161
19	806
52	314
147	504
88	1,394
44	1,659
61	531
71	221
84	206
68	147
140	175
73	226
108	201
62	484
36	450
52	412
82	619
77	1,017
55	302
85	197
54	173
96	243
88	541
67	310
65	199
56	471
33	1,006
81	7
71	5
61	63
51	52
70	360
76	131
108	129
76	83
	30

[syriacus]

VietNam era death rates, courtesy of GWB

It's not even close to Korean War death rates.

We averaged 1000 deaths per month, i.e., 33+ deaths per day, while Truman was president during the Korean War.

Interestingly enough to folks who are watching the discussions about abandoning Iraq, the Korean War was started because Truman had abandoned the newly freed South Korea in 1949.

He was advised that South Korea, (which had been free for only 4 years like Iraq) would be ripe for invasion, but his administration pulled out our troops, anyway, in 1949.

The Democrats have already goofed twice, by suggesting we could pull our troops out of vulnerable countries with little repercussion.

Democrats are stuck on stupid.

[AdamSelene235]

Please also pray for the 621 Americans who died on one date , November 28, 1950, because we entered a war to rewin South Korea's freedom.

Also important to note 57 years later , the United States is held in contempt by South Korea even as we spend more on their security than they are willing to spend themselves.

The ruling Uri Party is vociferously anti-American, anti-business and supports unconditional aid to North Korea, North Korea's right to obtain nuclear weapons and seeks alignment with China.

[syriacus]

Also important to note ...the United States is held in contempt by South Korea

Also important to note...

1. Governments swing back and forth. Germany's government is now more friendly to America. So is France's.
2. Millions of South Koreans have enjoyed freedom for over 50 years, instead of starving and slaving under Kim Jung-il
3. Many South Koreans are grateful for what the US did.
4. Many North Koreans would prefer to live in the South

The world is filled with whiners. You only need to look at the Democratic party to know that.

Sometimes those whiners become more dangerous, as when they get into positions of power.

We should not give up because of some loudmouths.

[bray]

This is war and people get killed. We are taking it to the enemy and there are going to be more deaths before it is over. In Nam we would have 100 death days.

Pray for W and Our Brave Heroes