DISQUS

philip · 1 year ago

Shame on the Chinese! Shame! Shame! Shame!

Off topic:

In the "4,000" post http://www.americablog.com/2008/03/4000.html on Sunday, the MSNBC article mentioned:

"There have been about 15 soldiers wounded for every fatality in Iraq, compared with 2.6 per death in Vietnam and 2.8 in Korea."

Math isn't my favorite subject anymore but even I can multiply 15 times 4,000 and come up with 60,000 which is more than double the number of wounded soldiers that are reported in the news. Maybe there was an error in the transcription process and some bonehead typed "15" when they meant to type "7.5" which is OK. Afterall, it's only casualties of war we're talking about. No big deal, right? This is Bush's War and everything we're told is probably a lie, even the number of casualties. It should be interesting in the future to see the number of deaths attributable to the use of depleted uranium in Iraq.

If the MSNBC article isn't available by link in the "4,000" post you can find an alternate copy here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23778895

Nigel Elliott · 1 year ago

The way things are going in Iraq, the US may need China to improve security there if the surge continues to unravel at this rate.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/31527...

Serf · 1 year ago

Is not sure where you read the numbers of wounded soldiers in Iraq in the news. Were it in the MSM though I can only remind of the pre-disposition perhaps job description that outlines the tendency or frequency with which the reports they provide contain what may be classified as 'misspoke' journalism.

philip · 1 year ago

Actually, I've read the number of wounded soldiers in Iraq in several places, mostly online newspapers. Yesterday on MSNBC, the same entity that published the online article mentioned in the "4,000" post, they displayed on screen a wounded number of 29 thousand and something (I don't remember the exact number) and their source was AP/DOD.

jr · 1 year ago

The Olympics always bring out the best in tyranny from jailing the homeless in Atlanta to this

Serf · 1 year ago

This
E&P article has the "15 wounded for every fatality" figure along with this snip:

Veterans Affairs predicts it will treat 330,000 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009 — a 14 percent increase over the 2008 estimate of 263,000 — at a cost of nearly $1.3 billion.

I only know a few vet's from Iraq, however not a one of them is not markedly different from when they took their first tour and those who are now out of the service are loud when they speak in condemnation of the war.

Indigo · 1 year ago

O Zeus, O Hera, smite the offending Chinese nation with plague and defeat and smite also those who join them in their lies and let wave upon wave of Poseidon's vengence wash over them and all that they hold dear. May the Great Wall crumble. May the Games not happen. O Hermes and Athena, inspire the athletes to come to their senses and stay home. Shame on the Chinese! Shame!

philip · 1 year ago

Thanks Serf!

Editor and Publisher is one of my favorite sites but somehow I missed that article. Everyone here should read it if they haven't already.