When a hostage dies in a rescue attempt... the Blame Game

[davester]

Ted King wrote:
Argument that an orange is an apple

Beautifully done. Now, what about bananas?

[$tevie]

My father served in the Pacific in WWII. Trust me, friendly fire is nothing new.

I just can't buy into the idea that one death is worse than another death because one was friendly fire and one was not. It's all terrible to me.

[Grace62]

Yes I agree Stevie. Friendly fire isn't new, it just happens twice as often in our current wars as it did in WWII.

[$tevie]

That we know of. The world is a lot smaller now.

[Acer]

Grace62 wrote:
Yes I agree Stevie. Friendly fire isn't new, it just happens twice as often in our current wars as it did in WWII.

You are being facetious, right?

Friendly Fire Deaths At All-Time Low
U.S. Army Data Claims 17 Soldiers Have Died In Iraq And Afghanistan

CBS News has an article by Sean Alfano from March 11, 2006.


“Over the past four years, 17 soldiers have died in friendly fire incidents such as the one that killed former professional football player Pat Tillman, according to Army data.

The 17 soldiers felled by friendly fire incidents are about 1 percent of the 1,575 soldiers who have died overall.”
“The rate of friendly fire deaths for all U.S. troops in World War II was 12-14 percent; Vietnam, 10-14 percent; Grenada, 13 percent; and Panama, 6 percent."

Note that this is from 2006.

[Ted King]

davester wrote:
[quote=Ted King]
Argument that an orange is an apple

Beautifully done. Now, what about bananas?
I could probably make a case for a banana being a virulent Islamic fundamentalist by making a phallicious argument.

[$tevie]

[Grace62]

Acer wrote:
[quote=Grace62]
Yes I agree Stevie. Friendly fire isn't new, it just happens twice as often in our current wars as it did in WWII.

You are being facetious, right?

Friendly Fire Deaths At All-Time Low
U.S. Army Data Claims 17 Soldiers Have Died In Iraq And Afghanistan

CBS News has an article by Sean Alfano from March 11, 2006.


“Over the past four years, 17 soldiers have died in friendly fire incidents such as the one that killed former professional football player Pat Tillman, according to Army data.

The 17 soldiers felled by friendly fire incidents are about 1 percent of the 1,575 soldiers who have died overall.”
“The rate of friendly fire deaths for all U.S. troops in World War II was 12-14 percent; Vietnam, 10-14 percent; Grenada, 13 percent; and Panama, 6 percent."

Note that this is from 2006.
I am talking about deaths like that of Linda Norgrove. If she was in fact killed by an American grenade by mistake, that is a friendly fire death, and it, like thousands of others, won't be counted with the death toll of US military personnel.