Five years of fighting in Iraq has killed 4,000 American troops. The first five years of fighting in Vietnam (1965-69) killed 40,258...If the casualty rates [per number of troops deployed] were the same in Iraq, there should have been 13,747 dead so far.
Let's not forget that common predictions in 2003 had us losing 5,000 troops just getting to Baghdad.
No doubt those who have been going on and on and on about 4,000 will claim all I'm doing is playing numbers games with peoples' deaths.
