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Friday, August 29, 2003   Deaths in Iraq In the 118 days between May 1 and August 26, there were 63 American battlefield deaths in Iraq. About two weeks ago, the left-wing press recognized that this did not sound as dramatic as they wished. So they started totaling all military deaths in Iraq, including those from accidents, which happen in military life every day, everywhere. This brought the total up by another 78. They're more comfortable with that total number, 141. But the true battlefield number is 63. This is significant, because in the first stage of the war, from March 19 until April 30, 112 Americans died in combat, and 29 in various accidents. In those first 42 days, that meant almost 3 combat deaths per day. In the 118 days since then, there has been about one combat death every other day � 63 in 118 days. (The accidental deaths have been fairly consistent: 29 in 42 days early on, and after May 1, 78 in 118 days.) The total number of American combat deaths in Iraq since March 19 has been, then, 175. But the number of U.S. Marines killed in one single night during the bombing of their barracks in Lebanon in 1983 � the first blow of terror against America � was 243. Drawing a lesson from that incident, Osama bin Laden said before September 11, 2001 that Americans have become soft and surrender prone. Plainly, this is true of some Americans; but I don't think of most. Consider: During the Vietnam War, Americans lost an average of 15 dead every day; during the Korean War, 30 every day; and during World War II, an average of 214 every day. The numbers in Iraq this year have been far below that. Tragic for the family as each of these deaths is, the total number of combat deaths in Iraq this year comes to 175 in 170 days, two-thirds of those during the first 40 days. Michael Novak, NRO Every death is a tragedy. But the blatant manipulation of these numbers by the loony left is a crime. As I blogged here, 117 people per day die on American highways, and over 1,200 per day die from cigarette smoking. bin Laden says that one reason he ordered the murders on 9/11 was that we had cut and run from Somalia and Lebanon. The thugs that are trying to intimidate us out of Iraq believe that America does not have the will, the courage, to stay the course. The loony left's propaganda machine turning minor numbers of casualties into daily drama contributes directly to those losses. Emboldened by what they see as our weakness, the thugs and murders persist. The bloggers, the news media, all have a responsiblity to our men and women in Iraq to not make their lives more difficult. Supporting our troops means not giving aid and comfort to our enemies. The petty partisan desires to hurt George Bush, to punish him personally pale in comparison with the necessity to stand with our troops, to stand for freedom and security, here and in Iraq. -- posted by Chuck at Friday, August 29, 2003 | E-mail | Permalink | Main | 0 comments