CNN 17,000 coalition casualties projection
 

Did anyone else see this on CNN

Casualties

1 in 15 soldiers WWI
1 in 15 soldiers WWII
1 in 13 soldiers Korean War
1 in 15 soldiers Vietnam
1 in 1500 soldiers Gulf War

But with the nature and location of this war casualties could go back to 1 in 15 soldiers or near that which was a possible 17,000 casualties :(

Makes me have a whole new level of respect for the soldiers fighting there

Still say he has to go, but after the gulf war, I never thought of the potential losses in those kind of numbers

that's 1 in 17.65, but if you only count the US troops.

Yeah obviously it was talking about the US troops, and obviously a lot higher percentage of iraqi troops died in the gulf war

fighting in an urban setting is much different than open space. thats where the casualties will come from. once they hit baghdad, the shit will hit the fan

canadien war experts. now thats an oxymoron

Surely such a CNN projection has a link ?

Some in the media predicted 50,000 casualties in the 1st Gulf War and the facts are that more people were lost during the build up during Desert Shield than were KIA in Desert Storm. So much for media predictions and their "experts".

the media is the enemy. i only trust what i hear on the street.

This is what I know:

"Eggs are 50 cents cheaper today at the new grocery store"

That's very high, I doubt the Iraqi's can even get close when all is said and done. They don't have the high tech equipment or the ability to do anything but primitive combat. The coalition forces have state of the art equipment, intelligence gathering means and major fire power.

If saddam cared 1 Cent about his country or people he would have left when the President gave him the 48 hr window of oppurtunity to do so.

I hope our troops come back safe and sound.

right now i think its 30 something and alot of those were accidents and friendly fire. My prediction is absolute worst case scenerio 1,000

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Did you know that 800 people died in car accidents yesterday in the US

It'll be interesting to see what happens when they enter Bagdad... If the Iraqis will put up a fight or not...

Basra and Umm Qasr are cities in a region of the country which is not particularly loyal to Saddam. I think we have only seen the beginning of US casualties, sadly.

Ultimately, I think all this extremely careful planning to avoid civilian casualties will do alot of harm to both the progress of the invasion and it will up the casualty count for coalition forces.
Let's just hope I am wrong...

I was wondering, does anyone have an idea how many casualties there would have to be before the US to start drafting?

I saw that on CNN.........they said that's how many would die if we sustained the same ratio of deaths that we did in WWII. They didn't say that's how many they projecred.

"canadien war experts. now thats an oxymoron"

Not only are you ignorant and stupid but you can't spell worth shit either.

I am starting to feel the same way,, Why the heck does baghdad still have electricity?
and for god sakes they need to take down the Iraqi TV station

They said the total casualties in the gulf war was about 750

You can't underestimate human ingenuity with faced with the desperation of hundreds of thousands of people! :1orglaugh

Besides the whole world is against this war -- just turn on the TV and see the world's reporters punish these war mongers with questions like, "how would you feel if someone you loved died in this unjust war" :1orglaugh Eventually the injustice of it will become obvious...

WW3 is coming and the Bush family defense contracting company (6th largest in the world) will make an assload of money along with Lockheed Martin and the other fucks...

Here's just a little taste...

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The US government also provided a $3.8 billion loan to Poland, on very favorable terms, to finance the purchase of 48 F-16s, which are manufactured in President Bush's home state of Texas.

The deal highlights Bush's personal involvement in pushing for arms deals in which former East Bloc countries switch to American weapons systems.

Kevin Phillips in his book, Wealth and Democracy, points out that some of the greatest fortunes in American history have been made from war-related businesses. Who are today?s wartime profiteers?

Well, 32 members of the Bush administration come from the military-industrial complex. Twenty-eight of them come from Lockheed-Martin. Many of the rest come from the Heritage Foundation, which is funded by Lockheed-Martin. So this is a military-industrial administration.

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Halliburton was built up by Cheney to become the seventh- largest Pentagon contractor in the last few years. But Halliburton did [oil-related] contracts with Saddam Hussein, too, during Cheney?s watch.

Lockheed-Martin is the biggest military contractor in the whole world. It sells weapons to friends and foe alike, indiscriminately. It is the major contractor for the five layers of Star Wars, including the militarization of space. [Republican Senate Minority Leader] Trent Lott [of Mississippi] represents Lockheed-Martin in his district, where the C-130s are made, and Lockheed-Martin has factories in almost all states of the country. So, that?s why it does so well, because, of course, the Congresspeople need jobs in their districts. So they vote for everything Lockheed-Martin wants and desires.