They said we'd never make it...
They said it was a pipe dream.
They said it couldn't happen no matter what.
They said it was impossible by all accounts.
But like Copernicus, Lorentz and Dr. J before us, they were proven wrong.
2,000 US military dead in Iraq
+
27,865 Iraqi civilians dead
+
3,465 Iraqi police and military dead
+
7,000 insurgents and baathists
+
242 US military dead in Afghanistan
+
199 coalition military dead in Iraq
+
1200 Afghan civilians dead
=
41,971 dead since October 9, 2001 as a result of US lead military action
To put into context:
September 11, 2001 the day where Osama tempted the mother of all modern nations to play, 2752 Americans murdered at their place of work.
In the words of Stephen Hunter, "what a world."
They said it couldn't happen no matter what.
They said it was impossible by all accounts.
But like Copernicus, Lorentz and Dr. J before us, they were proven wrong.
2,000 US military dead in Iraq
+
27,865 Iraqi civilians dead
+
3,465 Iraqi police and military dead
+
7,000 insurgents and baathists
+
242 US military dead in Afghanistan
+
199 coalition military dead in Iraq
+
1200 Afghan civilians dead
=
41,971 dead since October 9, 2001 as a result of US lead military action
To put into context:
September 11, 2001 the day where Osama tempted the mother of all modern nations to play, 2752 Americans murdered at their place of work.
In the words of Stephen Hunter, "what a world."