Pentagon casualty reports only count "combat" wounded.

FloridaPat

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Fri Mar-11-05 10:57 AM
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Pentagon casualty reports only count "combat" wounded.

"Some critics, including the American Legion, have blamed the Pentagon for tinkering with even the most basic data on the war. Pentagon "casualty reports," for example, only reflect troops hurt by the bullets and bombs of the enemy -- excluding over 20,432 troops evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan for injuries or illnesses the Pentagon deems not caused directly by combat, like Humvee accidents or mental trauma."

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/08/night_flights/

THese people in the White House are scum. Not one wounded troops has been reported as having died of their wounds in the media.

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gratuitous

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Fri Mar-11-05 11:00 AM
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1. Isn't this what all the military folks voted for?

More lies right in their faces? You mean to tell me that isn't moral and upright and supportive of family values?

You know, if this keeps up, we may actually get to the point where questioning the Dim Son and his henchmen doesn't result in a knee-jerk squeal of "traitor" from certain factions.

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Mar-11-05 11:10 AM
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2. Them footbal injuries in PRACTICE don't count either by that reckoning

Tell that to the broken leg.

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