This afternoon, we were assured that Syria is not Iraq.

[Motown_Johnny]

36. Iraq was less than 1/10th of Vietnam (as far as KIA goes)

In many ways, Iraq was not Vietnam. In other ways it was. To equate Iraq with Vietnam is to do an injustice to the horror that was the Vietnam War. Iraq was bad but Vietnam was much much worse.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties

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United States armed forces
Casualties as of 20 June 2013:
58,286 KIA or non-combat deaths (including the missing & deaths in captivity)[38]
153,303 WIA [39]
1,645 MIA (originally 2,646)[40]
725-837 POW (660-721 freed/escaped,[41][42] 65-116 died in captivity)[43][44]
During the Vietnam War, 30% of wounded service members died of their wounds.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_casualties

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Coalition deaths by hostile
As of 23 October 2011, hostile-fire deaths accounted for 3,777 of the 4,799 total coalition military deaths.