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Originally posted by RebelWithanAK@Sep 11 2003, 07:23 PM
While the death rate of American soldiers and related support personnel is well within expected range of any standing army in a hostile country, it's the perception of the people back home that matters. There was never a time in the Vietnam war where we were losing by any stretch of the imagination in terms of the body count, but it was the homefront view of the death rate being too costly for the lack of appreciable 'progress' that rallied public support against the war.
Greatwyrm: Wha? |
Nowadays ppl expect to have wars with near zero casualities for their troops, obviously this is unrealistic,,,,