Re: book about the repercussions of 911

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: Amazing how quickly we forget. Although it was a shorter war, there were 124,460 coalition forces killed in Vietnam, including 58,272 members of US armed forces. : The official North Vietnamese estimates of how many of their soldiers and Viet Cong (South Vietnamese citizen fighters) were killed during the war is 1,100,000. : Official estimates say 1,034,000 innocent South Vietnamese civilians were killed during the Vietnam war. : If we forget these numbers, it will all happen again. : Maybe it will anyhow. : Ain't war grand? : : Wait a minute. 28,000 coalition forces killed in Iraq and Afghanistan? That's more than Vietnam. : : : After a week of "celebration" of the ten year anniversary of 911, it seems like somebody should be writing a book about the repercussions. : : : Here are some stats (so far). : : : - 1.25 million American troops put in harms way in the two (ongoing) wars. : : : - 28,000 coalition forces killed in the two wars (including 6,000 American troops and "at least" 2,400 contractors). : : : - 90,000 Americans wounded. : : : - 500,000 American soldiers have filed medical claims as a direct result of their service in the two wars. : : : - "At least" 200,000 innocent citizens killed : : : Estimated cost to the US taxpayer: 3.2 trillion

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