Iraq War sustainable.

[Postman]

Vietnam produced roughly 58,000 US deaths.

At the current rate it would take roughly 45 years @ 100 deaths per month to equal US deaths in Vietnam.

[Richard Steele]

1. Oh dear...

:popcorn:

[bluerum]

2. Hell - lets go for it!! We can do better!! The gene pool is apparently

in need of thinning anyway.

[MazeRat7]

20. Well we have removed most things that help the thinning... you might have a point. -nt

[berni_mccoy]

3. The Differences: Military Contractors (today) and Draft (then)

We will *never* get to the Vietnam levels before Americans revolt. If the gov't tries to issue a Draft, the War will be over.

Vietnam didn't have the corruption of the Industrial Military Complex that exists today. Bush is trying to create a completely private military that he controls and can use as his own.

[MichiganVote]

7. The "war" IS over. This is an occupation and we're paying for it. Not the rich.

[Exiled in America]

4. $$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$

It is not sustainable.

[MichiganVote]

5. Yeah, we should just ring up * manufacturing and tell them the quota is too small

Let's just sustain ourselves with more deaths. Its not like we can't do it. Afterall we did it before. Its only the blood and brains of somebody else's kid.

[babylonsister]

6. You have got to be kidding me. SO unworthy of thinking about. nt

[mmonk]

8. That's if it were to stay flat over the same period of time.

This is an occupation, not a war. 650,000+ civilians have been killed and around 2 million refugees. They would have to be awfully tolerant of our presence there for a long time. Our deployments are overextended and our guard is involved. Vietnam was furnished with a draft. Battlefield medicine then wasn't what it is now, so we're saving a lot more people, but many of them will no longer be able to fight. I can keep going as to how that isn't a measurement of sustainability, but I won't.

[Postman]

10. No. keep 'em coming....

think of my post as a rw talking point.

[karlrschneider]

12. I knew what you were up to.

You rascal.

[mmonk]

14. Whew........

Let me think, its been a long day. I can sustain them coming if I pace myself.

[mitchtv]

17. Remember the Maine

That lie worked out well , didn't it?

[Lerkfish]

9. at 500 billion and counting, america will bankrupt first, its NOT sustainable.

[RBInMaine]

11. Guess you need a history lesson.

Oh this is "bright". Try LEARNING something from the past debacle and extrapolate it to this one. Sorry, but it's gotta be among the numbest comments I've seen on this site.

[Postman]

15. take it easy partner....

is that how you argue rw talking points?

[JanMichael]

13. Ah but Vietnam started at a slower rate the first 4 years.

Rates change as do death tolls.

Get us out now before this one goes kaput too.

[mudesi]

16. Of course I'm going to assume this is sarcastic (nm)

[Fresh_Start]

18. comparison by duration of war

Of course, the Iraq counts exclude our mercenaries....and we're not looking at casualty rate. But its not looking better than vietnam so far.

[madrchsod]

19. actually if you used these figures

there would`t be any iraqis left to kill.yup we will have killed everyone

[magellan]

21. Are you willing to be the next to die?

How about letting your kids/grandkids be the next to die? See, it's not just a number to shrug off when it's about you or your own, is it?

I really hate rw talking points. It's usually about getting them to consider others the way they do themselves, but like children they never understand why it's not okay -- till it happens to them.