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When the US invaded Iraq, Tommy Franks said "we don't do body count" for good reason. Experience from Vietnam showed (a) units lied about the numbers; (b) it didn't mean anything. If you're fighting an unconventional force, with no idea of how many there are, then killing 100 doesn't mean anything. But with the pressure of falling public support, our military is starting to un-learn the lessons from Vietnam. It's a sad thing that Bush has put them in this position.
Link below; my empahsis.
"THE US military has revived the discredited "bodycount" method of measuring success in Iraq to counter bad publicity over mounting American casualties, now approaching 2000 dead."
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/49465.html
Link below; my empahsis.
"THE US military has revived the discredited "bodycount" method of measuring success in Iraq to counter bad publicity over mounting American casualties, now approaching 2000 dead."
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/49465.html