Historical Perspective

Here's some interesting data about casualties in Iraq and Vietnam. I'm not meaning to draw any specific conclusions from this – quite the opposite – too many people who don't know what they're talking about tried to stop what we've done in Iraq by conjuring up the specter of Vietnam.

The conflicts in Vietnam and Iraq had some similarities… but they're not the same war. The list of differences is myriad, including the medias barometer of military worthiness: American deaths.