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Skriven 2004-12-22 11:27:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RICHARD HELM
Ärende: Breaking News!
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Hello Richard,

>LL>In Vietnam, the average soldier who died was age 19.
>LL>In Iraq, the average soldier who died was age 20.

>FS>Are you *serious*, or is this just some *more* of the made-up
>FS>stuff you so frequently post?

>LL>Oops.  My bad.  The average age of soldiers who served in Vietnam
>LL>was age 19, the average age of soldiers serving in Iraq is age 20.
>LL>Of course, it only stands to reason the average age of soldiers
>LL>who died in Vietnam was age 19, the average age of soldiers who
>LL>died in Iraq being age 20.

>RH>You are a liar.

>LL>"Sixty-one percent of the men who were killed in Vietnam were
>LL>21 years of age or younger."

>LL>"The average age of the soldiers serving during the Vietnam War
>LL>was nineteen."

>LL>[Source: Vietnam Veterans of America - www.vva.org]

RH>You lie.  Period.

Everybody lies.  Folks want to believe whatever they want to believe,
since it is easier to accept a lie than to accept an inconvenient truth.
But no matter how much you might enjoy calling me a "liar", the facts
speak for themselves.  As noted by Vietnam Veterans of America.  ;)

>RH>The average age of KIA's in Vietnam is 23.  The average
>RH>age of those that served over 22.

>LL>What is your source?  Etchings in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
>LL>(The Wall)?  Does your "average" include, or exclude, other deaths?
>LL>The subject I am referring to is the number of U.S. soldiers KIA.
>LL>Not the Red Cross.  Not Catholic Charities.  Not civilians.

>LL>What is happening in Iraq is those who have been wounded would have
>LL>died in previous wars, except for the fact those in Iraq have better
>LL>protection (i.e. armored tanks, humvees, vests, etc.), along with
>LL>receiving medical attention within an hour of being wounded.  Had
>LL>those serving in Iraq not had that protection or quick medical
>LL>attention, the number of KIAs in Iraq would have exceeded 10,000.
>LL>As it stands right now, only some 1,300 or so have been killed.
>LL>BTW, the average age of casualties in Iraq is age 27, given the
>LL>large percentage of National Guard and Reservists serving in Iraq.

RH>You are worse than that piece of shit from Wisconsin.  Both of you lie
RH>about the deaths of American service members to promote your self-centered
RH>agenda.  You are the scum of the earth.

Ah.  Truth doesn't matter.  Not in the eyes of conservatives.
1,300+ dead American soldiers in Iraq.  And rising.  Makes you
feel good, doesn't it?  After all, it is your beloved who sent
them there.  For no fucking reason.  And he sleeps good at
night, knowing our nation's best are dying for him every day.

--Lee


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