http://military.videosift.com/talk/iCasualtiescom-reports-and-visualizes-Iraq-war-deaths VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control (2 comments listed) en 2008 videosift.com Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:52:26 -0700 http://www.varocms.com http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 10 http://static1.videosift.com/videosift/i/sifter_small.gifhttp://military.videosift.com/talk/iCasualtiescom-reports-and-visualizes-Iraq-war-deaths http://military.videosift.com/talk/iCasualtiescom-reports-and-visualizes-Iraq-war-deaths#comment-477314 <img src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/n/NetRunner-s.jpg?1222314070" width="40" height="40" alt="" /><br />Good news.<br /> <br /> So when can we expect the troops to come home?<br /><br /> NetRunner (http://www.videosift.com/member/NetRunner)http://military.videosift.com/talk/iCasualtiescom-reports-and-visualizes-Iraq-war-deaths#comment-477314 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:49:31 -0700 http://military.videosift.com/talk/iCasualtiescom-reports-and-visualizes-Iraq-war-deaths#comment-477434 <img src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/f/Farhad2000-s.jpg?1216359343" width="40" height="40" alt="" /><br />Common misconception about combat loss statistics is that coalition deaths are more frequent then injured or wounded. The reality is modern technology like the flak jacket and CAS has allowed the military forces to sustain far fewer deaths but result in higher numbers of injured and wounded. <br /> <br /> While the flak jacket provides good protection of the core of the body it does nothing for the extremities, so wounded who would have died in Vietnam now return with horrible disfigurement or loss of limbs. This is counted as injured or wounded but gives no indication of the extent of the problem.<br /> <br /> Combat loss statistics also do not account for long term psychological damage incurred by those who return with PTSD, those who are diagnosed with PTSD and are treated internally now withing the military while on deployment. <br /> <br /> All this information can be heard first hand from individuals who were deployed from <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ground-Truth">http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Ground-Truth</a><br /> <br /> Coalition deaths are down, but only because the military has now itself restructured it's approach towards dealing with the enemy via the hearts and mind program that was not in place as a directive from the beginning of the war. Several missteps by the CPA has actually meant the military had to deal with far more resistance then before. Let us also remember that combat loss statistics don't give us any bearing on the resistance or firefights faced by the military forces. <br /> <br /> Am not surprised that civilian deaths are not counted, there is no system in place to do so, up until the Haditha incident US forces counted civilian causalities as collateral damage without thinking how its approach would lead to such deaths in the first place. Its only now that non-ROE engagement of civilians results in a full investigation, while this blankets anyone who engaged civilians with limited intelligence under a engage all ROE standing.<br /> <br /> Limited deaths ultimately are not a victory. People still are dying.<br /><br /> Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com)http://military.videosift.com/talk/iCasualtiescom-reports-and-visualizes-Iraq-war-deaths#comment-477434 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:52:26 -0700