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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Perhaps you are too young to remember Viet Nam? 50,000+ of our people. Makes Iraq look like a walk in the park.
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Well, frogger's short post is difficult to deny.
While Viet Nam was by far more deadly in terms of Americans killed the number of Americans maimed both physicaly and mentally might not be so far apart, if what the military is telling us is true.
The other thing is that our stupid invasion of Iraq could have much more and far reaching long term effects than Viet Nam ever did. Mostly because of the very nature of the incredible mess called the Middle East.