We've been hearing all along that the death toll is so much lower than previous US wars because of advances in trauma care that allow soldiers to survive injuries that were once not survivable, but we're seeing a huge increase in limb loss in the trade off.
I don't think you are quite getting that right. We are seeing an increase in the PERCENTAGE in the number of limbs amputated, from 1.4% for most of the 20th century to 2.4% in Iraq. The trade off isn't literal, there is a significant decrease in limb, as there is in overall mortality. New trauma care methods and new technology changed the divisions of the pie, but they made it much smaller too.
No. The American Idol winner got more votes than the president did in the last election. It's a subtle, less depressing difference. American Idol viewers can votes as many times as they want.
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Check France, Holland, or Spain recently?
And if you had bothered to look, you would have noticed that Spain was part of the coalition in Iraq...
You forgot Poland.
We've been hearing all along that the death toll is so much lower than previous US wars because of advances in trauma care that allow soldiers to survive injuries that were once not survivable, but we're seeing a huge increase in limb loss in the trade off.
I don't think you are quite getting that right. We are seeing an increase in the PERCENTAGE in the number of limbs amputated, from 1.4% for most of the 20th century to 2.4% in Iraq. The trade off isn't literal, there is a significant decrease in limb, as there is in overall mortality. New trauma care methods and new technology changed the divisions of the pie, but they made it much smaller too.
But there is no huge increase in limb loss.
Less clearly:
When the party you affiliate yourself with wins, it is the will of the people.
When the other party wins, it was stolen.
No. The American Idol winner got more votes than the president did in the last election.
It's a subtle, less depressing difference. American Idol viewers can votes as many times as they want.
Wasn't that the excuse the Supreme Court gave when they sided with Bush in 2000?
Oh the funniness.
Ah, yes. How could we have forgotten Poland?