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Monday, July 30, 2007

Would Our Elected Lice have The Courage To Lead Us In A Major War?

Because of the continual pulpit pounding from the Democrats and their allies on the far left concerning our casualties I thought I’d do a little research into the number of casualties from some of our past conflicts that lasted roughly as long as our involvement in Iraq. The numbers I found are staggering. There is absolutely no comparison. And, no, I’m not saying that it’s alright to lose even a single soldier in any conflict. I just wanted to bring some perspective to the issue. So, without further ado, here’s a very grim butcher’s bill:

Killed in action or died of their wounds:

Iraq - 2,863. Death by disease or accident: 627. Total: 3,490.

American Civil War - (U.S.) 110,070. Disease or accident: 250,152 Total: 360,222

Both are four year conflicts. Another four year war, WWll, produced the following casualties:

Killed in action or died of their wounds: 291,557.  Disease or accident: 113,842. Total: 405,399

The three year Korean conflict produced to following casualties:

Killed in action or died of their wounds: 33,741. Disease or accident: 2,827. Total: 36,568

Those numbers are absolutely horrifying. I wonder if this country has the courage to face another all-out war that would produce a death rate like those. And bear in mind, I didn’t list the wounded, just the deaths. That number is truly astounding. If our leadership in Washington panics and runs over what is essentially a limited war in Iraq, what would they do if they were face-to-face with an enemy who had the will and the means to kill hundreds of thousands of our troops?

Based on what I see, I think they’d surrender our very way of life before they would commit to a life and death fight. Take a look at what we’ve elected to lead us folks. We’re in trouble.

You can find more of these numbers and their sources at http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warsusa.htm.

Comments

Comparing apples and oranges? How about comparing wars that had to be fought and those that didn’t?

Your numbers for the Civil War only take into account Union casualties. We actually killed over 600,000 of ourselves because our leaders failed us.

Don’t worry. If you want to get more people killed, you can see from the list below that the Democrats have stepped up to the plate more often than the Republicans.

George Washington – Federalist – Indian wars
Thomas Jefferson – Democrat - Tripolitan War
James Madison – Democrat - War of 1812
James Monroe – Democrat - 1st Seminole War
Andrew Jackson - Democrat - Black Hawk War
Martin Van Buren – Democrat – Aroostook, 2nd Seminole War
William Henry Harrison – Whig - 2nd Seminole War
John Tyler – Whig - Second Seminole War
James Polk – Democrat - Mexican War
James Buchanan – Democrat - beginning of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln – Republican - Civil War
William McKinley – Republican - Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion
Woodrow Wilson – Democrat - WWI
Warren Harding – Republican - concluded WWI
Franklin Roosevelt – Democrat - WWII
Harry Truman – Democrat – concluded WWII, Korean War
Dwight Eisenhower – Republican - concluded Korean War
John Kennedy – Democrat - Vietnam War
Lyndon Johnson – Democrat - Vietnam War, Dominican Republic
Richard Nixon – Republican - Vietnam War
Ronald Reagan – Republican - Grenada Invasion
George Bush – Republican - Panama, Persian Gulf War
George W. Bush – Republican - Iraq

ews48 on July 30, 2007 at 11:53 am

First off ews, where do you get the idea that I want to get more people killed? And you’re right, I only listed U.S. casualties for the Civil war because at the time the CSA was a separate country.

I’m not real clear on your reply - did you mean to insult me? If so, you need to get better at it.


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Pilgrim on July 30, 2007 at 12:38 pm
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