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| US prepared for very high casualties: command official |
| 2003-04-01 |
| Edited The 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 |
| #3 The rangers in Somlia were tasked to support Delta Force personnel in the UN requested capture of the Warlord what ever the mutts name was. The event that sparked the mission was the massacre of 200(?) Pakistani peace keepers in the Mogadishu soccer stadium. An example of Islamic charity that even the UN could not stomach. And the losses would not of been nowhere near as bad or possibly even without loss if Les Aspin and the rest of the administration had allowed the use of gunships and armored vihicles in support of the operation |
| Posted by: Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-04-01 21:06:43 |
| #2 The American people [at least 70%] understand the mission and the objective. Understand that, they will be willing to absorb the casualties. The actions of the Saddam regime may appeal to the Arab Street(TM), but they have fail to grasp the impact upon the Jacksonian spirit of American. It's angered and will not let up till the job is done this time. |
| Posted by: Don 2003-04-01 20:50:19 |
| #1 Vietnam is a bad example of our unwillingness to take casualties. Weren't more than 50,000 US troops killed and many more wounded? Mogadishu is relevant, however. Thanks, Bubba! |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-04-01 18:30:53 |