# It seems minor conflict in Iraq is more deadly than major conflict. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862 "2003-08-27T00:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/1 "2003-08-27T00:07:36Z")
[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml) > [@](#): > > (CBS/AP) The number of American troops killed in postwar Iraq surpassed the toll of those killed in major combat Tuesday, reaching 140 with the deaths of a soldier in a roadside bombing and another in a traffic accident. So more of our brave men and women have died since Bush declared major conflict over. And things will get much worse. How many more must die? A pox on the cretins behind this war for money. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/2 "2003-08-27T00:15:36Z")
More reasons we need to get back to “Shock and Awe”. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/3 "2003-08-27T00:32:50Z")
> [@](#): > > So more of our brave men and women have died since Bush declared major conflict over. > > And things will get much worse. How many more must die? The war lasted for less than a month, beginning with the initial air strikes on March 20th and ending with the official declaration of the end of major combat on April 15th. ([Cite](http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Iraq_war_timeline#March_20,_2003). A total of 26 days. The US led occupation has been in Iraq since that time, more than **four months**. What this tells us is that the rate of soldiers being killed in Iraq has in fact decreased, by more than 75%. > [@](#): > > A pox on the cretins behind this war for money. At least people who like money know how to count. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/4 "2003-08-27T00:38:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*snip… > > At least people who like money know how to count. \*\* I can count. 140 is more than 138. Do you agree? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/5 "2003-08-27T00:40:51Z")
**Reeder** , seriously now, what’s the point of all this blather? I can’t wait for Bush to get out of office of only so you and December will shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/6 "2003-08-27T00:47:50Z")
Just venting. I read all of the shit Bush and his money grubbing buddies do to wreck our country and dishonor our troops. I get so fricking mad I have to post. I just keep in mind…that when the tyrant falls…his men fall too. And those facilitate his ways fall with him. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/7 "2003-08-27T00:52:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\ ***Reeder** , seriously now, what’s the point of all this blather? > > I can’t wait for Bush to get out of office of only so you and December will shut the fuck up. \*\* Hate to disappoint you **World Eater** , but I have the _strong_ feeling that it doesn’t matter _who_ gets into office, both of these colon gophers will find something to bitch about. What was that link someone posted in a thread which said the Allies fought Nazi-loyalists in Germany for _two fucking years after WW II ended?_ The fact that nutjobs feel the urge to take pot shots at our men and women in uniform after a war should come as _no_ surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/8 "2003-08-27T01:02:43Z")
If you truly believe it is only “nutjobs” taking “potshots” at our troops…you are sorely mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/9 "2003-08-27T01:07:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*If you truly believe it is only “nutjobs” taking “potshots” at our troops…you are sorely mistaken. \*\* Oh, I see, it’s Bush’s oil buddies, who’ve raised an entire army of ex-Soviet soldiers to kill out troops in order to fullfill some _Nineteen Eighty Four_-style conspiracy. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. :rolleyes: And here I thought it was a bunch of bastards who hated Americans for one reason or another and were under the misguided belief that the instant US forces leave everything in Iraq will be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/10 "2003-08-27T01:18:35Z")
Show me where I have ever said we should leave Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/11 "2003-08-27T01:21:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*I can count. 140 is more than 138. > > Do you agree? \*\* Jesus H. Monkeyfucking Christ on a Pogo Stick With Vanilla Ice Cream on Top. You are denser than a black hole. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/12 "2003-08-27T01:25:53Z")
Show me where I have ever said we should leave Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/13 "2003-08-27T01:27:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*I can count. 140 is more than 138. > > Do you agree? \*\* Jesus H. Monkeyfucking Christ on a Pogo Stick With Vanilla Ice Cream on Top. You are denser than a black hole. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/14 "2003-08-27T01:32:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Show me where I have ever said we should leave Iraq. \*\* Show me where I ever claimed that you said that. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/15 "2003-08-27T01:32:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*I can count. 140 is more than 138. > > Do you agree? \*\* Jesus H. Monkeyfucking Christ on a Pogo Stick With Vanilla Ice Cream on Top. You are denser than a black hole. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/16 "2003-08-27T01:40:18Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Second Grade Debate and Hair-pulling Club… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/17 "2003-08-27T01:41:45Z")
Whew, deja vu all over again, in a couple of ways. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/18 "2003-08-27T01:42:22Z")
Reeder: Since you seem to have run away from your last exercise in ineptitude, I’ll ask you here: Do you have anything to contribute other than bitching and moaning? Do you have anything positive to offer, or are you as empty and shallow as your posts would lead me to believe? ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/19 "2003-08-27T01:42:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*And here I thought it was a bunch of bastards who hated Americans for one reason or another and were under the misguided belief that the instant US forces leave everything in Iraq will be perfect. \*\* So you think they are “bastards” because they are fighting back the American invaders? How wonderfully simplistic of you. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862/20 "2003-08-27T01:46:48Z")
One more time **friedo** and he might get that there’s something amiss in his life. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-minor-conflict-in-iraq-is-more-deadly-than-major-conflict/197862.md?page=2)