Current Events > TIL the deathtoll of our 18 year war on terror was only 2300

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dib153
12/13/19 9:15:32 PM
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That seems.....not right? Sure there were 20.5k wounded, but wuen we send in 3/4 million troops....idk....seems like tye casualties would be higher?

And if its a matter of being the superior force, then why did it take so goddamned long?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/

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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk
12/13/19 9:17:13 PM
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Um, people not dying in war is good.
Any war should aim to be over with as few casualties as possible on either side dude
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MrK3V
12/13/19 9:17:39 PM
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Wars are different

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K181
12/13/19 9:17:42 PM
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I think that's only counting Afghanistan.

Edit: At least according to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_terror#Casualties

7,000 dead American soldiers, 50,000 wounded American soldiers, plus another 7,000 US contractors killed and another 1500 allied troops killed.

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dib153
12/13/19 9:18:24 PM
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...
Um, people not dying in war is good.
Any war should aim to be over with as few casualties as possible on either side dude

That's not the point i was driving at. The numbers make it seem like we just sat idle and occupied the country for 15 years....which, in hindsight, sounds about right

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coh
12/13/19 9:19:02 PM
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More Americans died at Omaha beach in a single day then in the entire Iraq war

Think about that
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Flockaveli
12/13/19 9:20:59 PM
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314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago.

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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk
12/13/19 9:21:03 PM
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dib153 posted...

That's not the point i was driving at. The numbers make it seem like we just sat idle and occupied the country for 15 years....which, in hindsight, sounds about right

I understand your point, sorry. I misunderstood earlier.

I think most of it was peacekeeping, helping civilians rebuild and overall "we're not fighting, we're keeping the country from falling apart again into the hands of warlords".
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a-c-a-b
12/13/19 9:22:53 PM
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There's also over a million dead arabs too. But who cares about that, right?
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Questionmarktarius
12/13/19 10:12:38 PM
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Are we counting the 2,977 casualties from the opening assault?
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