Barbara don't read, but irony here

[Archaea]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/10/...ing/index.html

Stanford recruit gunned down, while mother in Iraq informed of her son's death on streets of Los Angeles. Senseless. No I don't revel in it, but still shake my head about gangs.

[hyrum]

Originally Posted by Archaea

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/10/...ing/index.html

Stanford recruit gunned down, while mother in Iraq informed of her son's death on streets of Los Angeles. Senseless. No I don't revel in it, but still shake my head about gangs.

It was reported that in Desert Storm fewer US soldiers died than would have otherwise died of car accidents, shootings, etc if they had stayed at their normal bases.

[SoonerCoug]

Originally Posted by hyrum

It was reported that in Desert Storm fewer US soldiers died than would have otherwise died of car accidents, shootings, etc if they had stayed at their normal bases.

That same tidbit has also been reported during the current Iraq War (in particular by Brit Hume), even though it's not even close to being true.

But I don't doubt that this could have been true during the first war.