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US prepared for very high casualties: command official
EditedThe United States is prepared to pay a "very high price" in terms of casualties to capture Baghdad and oust President Saddam Hussein, a US central command official has said. "We're prepared to pay a very high price because we are not going to do anything other than ensure that this regime goes away," the official said, adding that US casualties in the war had been "fairly" light. "If that means there will be a lot of casualties, then there will be a lot of casualties," said the official. "There will come a time maybe when things are going to be much more shocking," he said, adding: "In World War II there would be nights when we'd lose 1000 people." On the 13th day of the war 51 Americans and 26 Britons had been killed and 14 US troops were missing. Iraq said 589 civilians had been killed, and almost 5000 injured. When I listen to the media, NPR, BBC, and every major paper and news station, the message seems to always be the same, you have already lost the war, go home. They believe that if they can just tie us up for 90+ days, we will lose our will and go home. They are wrong, as this article indicates. Our enemies are looking to Modudishu (sp?) and Viet nam, but it is a mistake to do so. It is a grave miscalculation of the nature of the American people, who are not represented by the tiny liberal elite, Hollywood or the media. The more Americans that are subjected to Mogadishu, and Muslim barbarity, the more our resolve will stiffen. It's just a shame so many have to die before they realize it. Posted by: Becky 2003-04-01 |
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