>It must be heart-breaking to a US citizen to hear that, 3 years after the war, 100 US soldiers killed in Iraq in the last month. That's turning into a serious figure (and that's just this last month!) and has to smack of Vietnam. Similarly, there were, I think, c. 10 British squaddies killed in Afghanistan last month - and that smarts! UK losses seem to be about 1/10 of the US in this War on Terror but, given the force is only about 1/10 of the US force, then the losses are comparable.
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>Strange I don't see any messages about this
As you probably know already, that is a mere trifle, compared to the losses suffered by the Iraqis - estimated at 2/3 of a million.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
