Why are we losing so many Americans ( soldiers ) in Iraq in just one day?

SOLDIER05

I AM CURRENTLY OVER HERE AND YES IT IS A SAD DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY WHEN SOME OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE KILLED IN BATTLE. BUT YOU MUST REALIZE STATISTICALLY TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE BEEN HERE AND THE AMOUNT OF SOLDIERS WE HAVE LOST IS NOWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF COMBAT BOOTS WE HAVE ON THE GROUNDS OVER HERE RIGHT NOW! FOR EXAMPLE LOOK AT VIETNAM WHERE THEY WERE LOOSING MASS AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE DAILY, WE HAVE BEEN HERE ALMOST FIVE YEARS AND OUR COUNT IS LESS THAN 4000 AND DESPITE WHAT YOU GUYS SEE ON TELEVISION THIS IS A FULL SCALE WAR 24 HOURS A DAY SO UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF US WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR THIS WAR AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY WE ARE 110% AWARE OF THIS WHEN WE SIGN UP AND IVE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES WHERE IVE BEEN TO MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND IVE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE I SHOULDN'T BE HERE! I WILL CONSIDER IT AN HONOR IF I PAY THE PRICE AND DIE DEFENDING MY COUNTRY.

navodnik81

This is not Vietnam, despite what the left media would have you believe. Most importantly, how many Muslims were involved in Vietnam? Not that many. Furthermore, our political correctness ties the hands of our troops and forces them to risk their lives even more. The Iranian made roadside bombs are devastating to our flimsy vehicles (designed and purchased under Clinton, not Bush), yet the ******* in Congress are too afraid to call out Iran on its blatant support of the insurgents.

There is one way in which this is similar to Vietnam - the support for the war is eroding because of the daily crap coming from the mouths of the pundits. War is terrible, no matter what, and we should mourn every life lost - however, how often do you see a piece on a new school built or kids getting soccer balls from the troops? Never. It's a shame that we didn't learn our lesson from Vietnam - that the support will erode as the liberal elite rush to bow before the enemy. They should just move to Iran and see how much freedom of the press they have there.

canyon

Support our Troops.

Boomer Wisdom

It's called the "Rules of Engagement."

They are old style, written to satisfy the requirements of liberal politicos and previous wars, and do not address the conditions or needs of the current style of warfare that is being waged against civilization.

The Great and Glorious Chase

Compare this war to say, WWII, were 3000 casualties a day were normal. Back to the question after that. comparing the two so far, the troops are doing one hell of a fine job!

turntable

could it be because we are at war...just a guess here...

justind_000

It looks like you are up to your same stupid questions. How long did it take you to think of this one? Does it help your crackpot goal of making the US lose the war in Iraq by convicing people on Yahoo! Answers how "poorly" we are doing?

SOLO KING

My deepest sympathy's to all the family's who have lost a family member in Iraq.

We are not losing brother, don't give up hope. Kids are going to school, women are getting college educations, more city's have power than in years past, but the news never reports that. However we could lose if we just up and left the terrorists would wreck havoc far worse if we leave now, and I agree we need more Marines on the ground there.

nana4dakids

Because we are fighting an enemy that doesn't play by the rules. They have no rule book. They will take out as many people as they need to just to take out one U.S. soldier. They use car bombs to take out a whole restaurant if one military personal might be there. That is why the casualty rate is so high. That is why it is such a hard battle to fight and now that we are in it, we can't leave until the country is stable.

WillBib

One thing that doesn't help is how the media continually reports on the US military's operations, which no doubt is continually observed by the insurgency so they can make preparations ahead of time. It's the craziest thing to me. I know it's important to have freedom of the press to keep the government in check, but can you imagine how the Battle Of Trenton would have been different if the press had an "on the spot" reporter there on the shore, broadcasting the landing of Washington and his troops? No doubt that the Hessian and British troops would have been aware and waiting to stop the "surprise" attack.

gue

as same as why iraqis lost so many children kids and their people in just one day...

Erinyes

Because Hon, War is ugly..but sometimes it's necessary.
Iraq has asked us to stay...read for yourselves...May 4 2007 (recent news)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050301548.html

Besides...how can our soldiers fight a real war when Libs are screaming for them to be prosecuted for EMBARRASSING the enemy...I feel sickened...

ddhiers1313

Because the human waste that our soldiers (the best in the world) are fighting are too cowardly to fight a real war. They are not fighting under a flag. They are not fighting in uniforms. They make no indication of there intent to engage us. If these pathetic excuses for men were to fight us for real it would be over in about 5 minutes. That being said, if we wanted to we could destroy the entire middle east to kill them. Being the United States; however, we operate on a higher standard and are unfortunately now having to pay the price for it as a result. Our military superiority can't always win if our moral superiority stands in the way.

grannybce

we should of went in there and bombed the hell out of them and got it over with. no fartin around.

Wolfpacker

No we are not losing more ground each day - Reading the headlines only again. When you pick up the intensity of a war - more people get killed until control is achieved. Did you think they would send half of the extra troops, pick up the pace & peace would be achieved in a week? No victory comes without deaths & no victories have come quickly other than Desert Storm (a fluke sadly). It does not matter what Iraq says it needs only what our Commander in Chief & Generals decide we need,
Do you always give up so easy? Thank goodness you did not control the forces during WWII as it appeared the war was lost before it turned & victory was achieved.
My son is not only an Army Ranger & Captain but a huge military history buff.

Talen

To divide this further from the Viet Nam comparison it also needs to be pointed out that we are not fighting people who are fighting for thier country in Iraq, we are fighting foreign religious zealots.
Our losses in the rebuilding of Iraq have been far lower than any other conflict we have been involved in during this stage.
OUr troops are doing everything they can do to keep themselves and as many civilians as possible safe, but the target of these religious insurgents are civilians.
It's a cowards battle and we are stuck in the middle.

Balasubas

Why are we losing so many Americans on our highways daily. How come we are losing so many Americans to cancer (smoking is my guess)? We are at war and lives will be lost. Just support our troops. They are doing a great job. Have your local news report the good things done by our troops.

mike b

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Dave_Stark

Because the bad guys over there are using REALLY big bombs in their trucks.

Why are you still posting such ignorant questions, erudite? For someone who claims to be a veteran, you haven't the slightest concept of military operations.

The poet

We are not even supposed to win this war. In fact, this isn't even a war against terror. We are smacked in the middle of their civil war and Bush refuse to claim that the country he liberated is falling apart in a civil war. We are just killing the people of Iraq, not terrorist. Iraqi government said they need that much troops because they can't freakin stop depending on us. There political party are not even doing anything to reach any truce. We are not losing to terrorists, we are losing to the Iraqi's who sees American troops in the way of there country political problems and being controlled by the bush adminstration. One more thing, when we get casualties, those KIA reports are 5 or 8 days old.

Botsakis G

The Iraq War will end up just like the Vietnam War. Although many people refuse to accept that it will be another Vietnam (by stating that American casualties is not as heavy as in the Vietnam War), but all the other ingredients that will make it another Vietnam are there. Primarily, the majority of the American people does not support the war. President Bush's approval rating is at its lowest, 28% (mainly because the majority disagree of the way he managed the war). Many Republicans distanced themselves away from Bush's policies. Militarily, there are no set goals or objectives to achieve. Simply put, the words "surge" or "stay the course" would not achieve anything because there isn't any clearly defined set of objectives to pursue. Even the claims of "winning" or "losing" the war became already so obscured, because there are no metrics or yardstick to correlate them to. It appears that the American troops are only baby-sitting an Iraqi civil war, something that they really cannot do anything about (for they cannot take sides to favor either the Sunnis or the Shias). Since the war's beginning, all the top military commanders already made it clear that military action alone wouldn't win the war. The overall strategy should also include political solutions, economic solutions, socio-religious solutions, and diplomatic dialogues with Iraq's neighbors. Now, it's already the 4th year of the war and only the military solution has been pursued all along (and the U.S. is not even winning convincingly in this aspect alone). All the other solutions were completely ignored.

So yes, the Iraq War have a lot of parallels with the Vietnam War. It's only a matter of time before the policy-makers in Washington realizes this.

brainstorm

The Iraq war is the biggest gift the terrorists have ever had. They just hope Bush will keep sending more american citizens to die for him

wile e coyote super genius

lets eliminate every car , truck and van in bagdad, make it horse and buggy days, bicycles walking. NO More cars, no more car bombs

Hmmmmm. Must be Bushies "surge" working, right?

t rag

Our soldiers are growing tired of being over there and are being let down by the support of the home front.

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