Some Perspective On The War and Sacrifice…
Good bit of info from Gateway Pundit:
Iraq War (5 years)—3,990
Batan Death March (one week)—10,000
Battle of Guadalcanal (186 days)—7,099
Battle of Guam (20 Days)—3,000
Operation Market Garden (9 days)—3,664
Battle of the Bulge (41 days)—19,276
Battle of Iwo Jima (39 days)—6,821
Battle of Pusan Perimeter (61 days-Korea)—6,706
This is not to downplay the loss of life but to put it in some perspective. Especially considering the Code Pink crowd and the MSM who seem so fond of calling this a quagmire of death of violence.
At the bottom of the article there is a cool fact that you will not be finding on the Hillary Campaign or in the MSM for that matter.
The US military lost more soldiers in the first 5 years of the Clinton Presidency (5119) than the US military lost in the first 5 years in Iraq (3990).
Let’s not let the number get in the way. Pesky facts.
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March 22nd, 2008
7:07 am
Drummer in my band has a step father named Sonny. Sweetest little 5’4” old guy you ever met. Signed up when he was 17, served in the Marines. Guadalcanal to Iwo. He doesn’t look like a trained killer, but he was. Still has a piece of shrapnel in his right eye from Guadalcanal.
March 22nd, 2008
7:38 am
My late grandfather was also a small man, maybe 5’5. His far war stories always started with, “Well, I got shot in the ass at Guam.” They made then tough back then, that’s for sure.
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