On Mar 7, 11:33 pm, "Leon" wrote:
"tom watson" wrote in message


I absolutely have the greatest respect for our troops, those that have lost
their lives, and my heart goes out to the friends and relatives of all the
troops.
3100 is a big number and most of our fallen troops went way too soon. But
to put 3100 deaths into perspective, that number is less that the number of
people that lost their lives when the twin towers were hit. That number is
about 1/4 of the number of American citizens that die every day here at
home.

You know, I didn't want to get sucked into this but I can't let this
comment stand. Military casualties in Iraq have NOTHING to do with the
WTC attacks. To equate the two is disingenuous at best. It's
impossible to provide perspective. It would be like the US attacked
Peru after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.