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Blood Vessel Shunt May Save Limbs In War
The FDA has just approved for military use a shunt that allows partially-severed limbs to continue to get circulation. The FDA approved the device in a fast-track process lasting only a week. The article notes: "For most, it won't be a matter of saving a limb outright but rather salvaging the quality of a wounded leg or arm... The shunt may save injured limbs from amputation, since it can be implanted on the battlefield to maintain blood flow until a wounded soldier undergoes surgery, FDA officials said. Since the start of the Iraq war, more than 500 soldiers have lost limbs, many to injuries suffered in roadside bombings."
The US was not forced into war, they were the invading party FFS! There were no weapons of mass destruction and there was no indication that Iraq had any. The US knew that at the time of the invasion that their intelligence reports about WMD's were wrong. Hans Blix was not welcomed with open arms in Iraq, but you cannot blame them for that. After the invasion no WMD's were found.
When was the last time the US let international observers into their weapons facilities or palaces? Or even Elections?
Whilst I have not been afffected by this war, I have had relatives that have been casualties of other conflicts. War is an ugly thing and no one ever wins it.
Well good on you. Too bad you did not learn the complete lesson that war has to be avoided at all costs. Invading another country is not avoiding it at all. Is Iraq really better off now that it was under Saddam?
This space is intentionally staring blankly at you
Sure, it would be nice to not be in Iraq, but the fact remains that we're there and we're not pulling out anytime soon. Even if we were pulling out of Iraq immediately, there will be other wars in the world. This technology has nothing to do with politics, so knock it off.
As sad and as sick as it sounds, the quicker American casualties mount, the quicker you guys can get out of the war. No one cares about the hundreds of thousands of dead civilians. They care about their own.
If 2,500 servicemen died on day 18 of the Iraq war, it would have been over by now and 500 American lives would have been saved (not to mention those of the Iraqi civilians).
Sorry, but to sound quote a neocon: War is war. And THIS, the blood of your sons and daughters, is both the price you pay, and the reason reason you must speak up and prevent your leaders from making it.
IMO, if you put on camo, and travel to a foreign country with an assault rifle, there's a good chance you're gonna die a horrible, painful death. It's the risk you take. Better luck next life.
A government is a body of people notably ungoverned - AC
Wow, +1 retard. How do I add someone to my foes list?
What changed under Obama? Nothing Good