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Originally Posted by Enigma
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The causualty rate doesn't change the fact that D.C. has just as bad a reputation as Baghdad
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I'll comment on this when I stop holding my belly and laughing....  |
Argh, it's off-topic. I regret shooting off on that tangent. thanks Iceman
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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
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I went throught his in an earlier post - it's not news anymore (see my hunger deaths example). US soldiers and Iraqi civilians have been dying in horrendous numbers since 2003. When a particularly bloody event takes place, like your example of a helicopter shootdown, this is news, and gets reported with a higher profile.
The current focus of debate over the casualty levels (especially since October) seems dubious to me. It's almost as if people are surprised that war brings death and destruction.