Monday, October 09, 2006

Wounded Troops

BlondeSense: I don't think that the Republicans are keeping us or anyone safe:

"Somehow Foleygate as morphed into 'What did Nancy Pelosi know and when did she know it.' Oh no, Republicans, this one is yours. Deal with it. The media looooves a good sex scandal. At least the Democrats didn't spend $43 million on a witch hunt. But then again, that would be better than the massive pissing away of money for the clusterfuck that is bush's folly in Iraq.

What's under the radar is that our troops are being wounded in record levels. Last month 776 troops were wounded in action.

Some experts believe the number of wounded provides a better insight to the nature of the conflict in Iraq than the figure of 2,700 killed because - in relation to previous wars - many more wounded troops survive.

The ratio of wounded to killed is 8 to 1, compared with 3 to 1 during the Vietnam War. The Independent

Now the forces are fighting the Sadr militia again in southern Iraq at Diwaniya. Um, these guys won't die and go away. Oh wait, another report says that they might not be the Mehdi Army. Meanwhile hundreds of Iraqi police got sick from food poisoning coincidentally in southern Iraq and are unable to assist troops. Keep your fingers crossed for our troops who are being put in harms way big time this coming week."

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