US Military Death Toll In Iraq Hits 1,000

Saddly as of this past Tuesday the American Military death toll in Iraq has reached 1,000.

According to Yahoo News the death toll that was at 990 will officially reach 1,000 after the families of the fallen are notified.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier that the 1,000 death toll would soon be passed. But he insisted that Iraq was better off than before the US-led invasion in March 2003.

"Soon the American forces are likely to suffer the 1,000th casualty at the hands of terrorists and extremists in Iraq. When combined with US losses in other theaters in the global war on terror, we have lost well more than 1,000 already," he said.

Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said insurgent attacks on US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan were likely to intensify as elections in the two countries approach.

Anytime an American life is lost it is a tragedy. However in this crucial moment before the elections Americans need to keep this number in perspective. The U.S. Military has now lost 1,000 of its finest men and woman. Think back to another unpopular war, Vietnam, and remember that more than 50,000 were lost in that conflict which as far as we were concerned ended unfavorably.

We won the war in Iraq and now we are fighting to help the newborn government sustain order. Any person of reason must realize that lives are lost in war. It hurts to see 1,000 of my brethren pass on but they knew why they were there and I know their families are proud.

**SlagleRock Bows His Head As 1,000 Of His Brothers And Sisters Have Passed On**

SlagleRock Out!

Posted by SlagleRock at September 9, 2004 02:57 PM