The seriously wounded exceed 40,000. A large are badly maimed, with limbs missing. One sees a lot of them in Washington on a nice afternoon when they are wheeled out to visit the Mall.
Iraq is far worse than Vietnam where at least one could walk safely in the towns and get some sort of feeling of normality, have a meal, sit in a cafe. No such relaxation is available in Iraq. Even inside the fortified bases, soldiers live in fear of rocket and mortar attacks.
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