26 US Troops Killed in the last 5 Days!

[meganmonkey]

http://icasualties.org/oif/ (click on 'view fatality details' to see the breakdown)

This needs to be front page news!!! I can't stand it anymore!
I know the numbers of Iraqi civilians are much higher. and more morally significant too, since they're innocents on the receiving end of our aggression and the chaos we've unleashed there, but we know that'll never be headline news, at least not before nov. 2. please don't assume i am forgetting the civilians, but my real point is...
Popular opinion can be strongly influenced by reports of US deaths. We all know that the arbitrary landmark of 1,000 US troops killed made the news, if only for a minute. and we know the descent into chaos is becoming extremely pronounced right now in iraq. but most americans truly believe the rhetoric that the situation is getting better, that most of iraq is under control.these attacks on our troops are happening all over iraq, not just in 'pockets' of insurgents. this needs to be known! who can we call/email/fax? help!!!

[saracat]

1. But the war is going so well!

[wishlist]

2. Plus at least 4 U.S. security contractors too

Dismal situation

[MidwestTransplant]

3. This needs to be pointed out to the Media

Sure it's not about Lesbians but they should still take some interest.

[meganmonkey]

9. I'm sure a couple of the dead are lesbians

if i had a faster connection to the internets i would do the math. but the odds are good.

support the lesbians! bring them home!

[Vickers]

4. It's just stupid poor people

/RNC mindset

[acmavm]

5. WE know this, but the American people either don't know, don't care,

or don't want to know. I just can't make up my mind what the problem is.

People are always so surprised if, when talking about Iraq, you give the the breakdown on the numbers. And I just don't understant why. It really freaks me out. Is it because no one they know is there, they haven't lost anyone there, or just because they don't figure that this issue has any impact on their lives? Or are they just that stupid and lazy? Can't be bothered to look for the information. They should because Iraq changed not only this country, but the way the world thinks about the US. And it has not been for the good.

[meganmonkey]

17. they're in denial

that their tax dollars are funding this mess.
the more real it is, the more people realize that, to some extent, we the people are responsible. not only responsible for it happening, but responsible for putting a stop to it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Oh the freeper in me tells you to just stuff it

:-)

It ain't patriotic to menton the dead

(Disclaimer some of us have been posting these numbers on AOL message boards and teh freepers have coniptions and how dare we dance on the graves of the troops)

***If you are a freeper reading this, well this is exactly how it reads, callous and cruel, and it is YOU who should stuff it******

[Selatius]

7. Reply

I had no idea the number was climbing as fast as it has. We're only two away from 1,100 dead soldiers.

[classof56]

11. Welcome to DU, Selatius

I'm glad for this site where we can find the truth. Now if it only makes us free! Free of Bush and his evil crowd. The death toll keeps growing, troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and all the civilians who are doing nothing but trying to live their lives. This is beyond outrageous--words are failing me lately.

DEFEAT BUSH!!

[Swede]

8. The silence is deafening.

I thought when a 1000 deaths were reached there would be some sort of response. Nothing.

[tnlefty]

10. Sad kick

:kick:

[wabeewoman]

12. This needs to be the democratic cry

from EVERYONE who appears on TV -26 dead in 5 days and all you can talk about is Cheney's daughter. Letter to the editor time!

[AgadorSparticus]

13. i'm so sad to hear this. it just breaks my heart that these heartless

bastards don't give a crap about anything but pushing the bullshit neocon agenda. death just means nothing to them. they have no respect for human life. none. damn them. just damn them.

[LibDemAlways]

14. Media not interested in doing anything

except cheerleading. Repukes don't care as long as the soldiers aren't their familiy members. Repukes love to pay lip service to "support the troops," but they sure as hell aren't interested in enlisting and putting their asses on the line.

[meganmonkey]

15. yahoo news front page

http://news.yahoo.com/

has an article about it right now, let's see how long it lasts before lynne cheney makes another statement about how ashamed she is of her daughter and the war gets knocked down again

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. "One mans death is a tragedy..26 is a statistic."

Stalin was right about that. As far as the media and public are concerned.

Just cannon fodder..killing and dying for nothing.