On New Years Day, it was reported that the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq had reached 3,000. One article I read also mentioned that 93 American soldiers have committed suicide in Iraq, and more than 20,000 have been wounded.
That was sobering news, indeed.
And, according to
The New York Times-------
“The service members who died during this latest period fit an unchanging profile. They were mostly white men from rural areas, soldiers so young they still held fresh memories of high school football heroics and teenage escapades. Many men and women were in Iraq for the second or third time. Some were going on their fourth, fifth or sixth deployment.”
