Replies to post #14 on FREEBIRD (FREEb)

[SoxFan]

Actually a more recent estimate is over 6,000 civilians killed. Plus the US dead are over 220. Some question how we are not calling all the ones who die in "traffic accidents" as not killed by the enemy. Last week a soldier in Maine was killed by a "traffic accident" and his parents were told that he was forced off the road and killed by an angry mob. He was classified as an accidental killing and not included in the number killed by Iraqi's.

However, we should also list the wounded as their lives have been horrifically altered in many cases. We have well over 1200 wounded.

[Vivian]

The point, ergo, is that the liberal media and their "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!" slant to everything fail to mention the enormous success our military is enjoying in Iraq.

Sure, death is sad, but let's not lose our resolve, lose sight of our goal, nor forget 9/11. Those are the people I mourn, more than our soldiers...after all, fighting and perhaps dying, is part of their job. And, lest you think me cold, my nephew is part of the 101st. I prayed for his safety, daily, until his tour was up. Thankfully, he's back stateside now, and not a scratch on him.