It's very easy to conclude one very easy rational fact. High numbers of dead can stop a country's foreign policy. If the death figures are a lot higher the public doesn't accept it as being worth it. If the death figures are a lot lower the public accepts it as being worth it. Once we acknowledge that basic truism, the following facts fall into a perfect line. I mentioned this in a past thread somewhere but I feel it bears repeating. The following is how the American military keeps track of their casualties in the theatres of battle. When an American GI is blown to bits outright (a relatively rare way for an American GI to die), he's listed as KIA, or killed in action. When a soldier is clearly dead from rocket or small arms injuries, he's listed as KIA. But here is where the US planners' cunning comes into play. And they do so with valid means, specifically the basic desire for doctors to save lives. If an American GI is wounded, he's listed as wounded. When the GI is mortally wounded, but is not yet dead, he is listed as wounded (out of the doctor's desire to of course hope against hope while praying for a miracle). Even if the GI dies en-route to the nearest field hospital, his 'wounded' list is not updated for the media. And that's how there is more dead GI's than we've been hearing about. And it all makes perfect sense if you wish to win a war by any means possible. So when you read about 1 GI dead and 6 GI's wounded, the odds are heavily in your favor that at least one and likely even two of those listed as wounded died while on the way to the field hospital or the military hospital in Germany. If the GI dies one second after being listed as wounded, he's still officially listed as wounded. If the GI dies three weeks after he was listed as wounded, he's not moved to the dead column for the media. So people, understand the official death figure is a lot more than what they are saying. And think about it. We're supposed to rely on numbers and statistics coming from an industry which buys 1" bolts for $55 each and which lied and lied and lied and lied in the past all all all all all the time? Collectively awaken from the hazy slumber and understand what the truth is.