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Originally Posted by KevinB
To our cousins across the pond, what are your thoughts on the casualty rate amongst the military in Iraq and Afghansistan.
Why I ask is, we rarely ever hear or see anything in the media about US casualties anymore unless it's a say helicopter coming down. Nowadays if we seen anything reported it's usually in the third or fourth page of the newspaper
The Brit casualities are a minority to what the US is suffering. I think we have something like 120 killed since the end of the Iraq war and the US is creeping up to the 3000 mark.
What is the feeling back in the US regarding this?
PS Any of you guys ever been there?
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Back to the "Original" topic...We or I think of my brothers in arms every single day as do many many Many people I meet and see in a day here in my little part of the world....Many are hurt and divided over the reasons but All... All I know always support the guy on the ground...or air.I see something in the news here Every Single day about the casulities military And civilian....guess you just have to be paying attention.Over here---> in Mesa Arizona it is not 4th page news....Mesa AZ is "Home" of the Apache Helicopter...Home of the best damn soldiers in the entire world....how can you forget that ???
http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/
This is a post from one of my online buddies from gaming days a few months back...
"For those of you who don't know, I am in the military and serving in Afghanistan at this time. This past Friday, you probably read or heard about in the news about the VBIED that exploded outsied the American Embassy in Kabul. I was literally standing roughly 200 meters away at the time. I am fine and safe, but that was a rather hectic time. Good to see that all is well back home though.
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My Brother Santee...
