The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for September 27, 2018
September 26, 2018
September 28, 2018
Transcript:
Voice from TV: After more U.S. soldiers were killed and wounded in Baghdad, President Bush taunted the Iraqi insurgents, saying he was thus far "unimpressed" with the casualty figure. "Is that the best you can do? A few dead, a few injured? Big whup! Y'all shoot like my blind, one-armed grandmother!" The president then informed the guerrilla fighters that they had "betta bring it like like it ain't neva been brought!" and snapped his fingers twice.
awomanonwheels about 6 years ago
Why do you sound like current events?
jpayne4040 about 6 years ago
LOL! This was funny!
e.groves about 6 years ago
That’s about how I remember it. And it wasn’t funny.
Painted Wolf about 6 years ago
Actually… the casualty figures for American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan were unimpressive. Iraqi and Afghani casualties were orders of magnitude higher, but still on the low side compared to what happens in serious fighting. A few examples… During the War of the Triple Alliance (Paraguay vs Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay) over 70% of military-age Paraguayan males were killed. During the American Civil War the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg established a record unbroken until the ‘American samurai’ torpedo-bombers at Midway by continuing to attack while taking 81% casualties. (A military unit is usually considered ‘combat ineffective’ after taking 15% casualties, and ‘destroyed in combat’ after taking 30%. Torpedo 8, off USS Hornet, lost all 15 aircraft at Midway; each aircraft had a crew of three. One man from Torpedo 8 was rescued after the battle by an American submarine. Torpedo 6, off USS Enterprise, lost 10 of 14 aircraft. Torpedo 3, off USS Yorktown, lost 11 of 13.) In Operation Tidal Wave, the attack on Ploiești, the US Army Air force lost 24% of the attacking force. Two weeks later the USAAF lost another 60 aircraft at Schweinfurt/Regensburg; another 66 aircraft would be lost during another attack on Schweinfurt. 6 SS Panzer Division lost over 90% of its armored vehicles and over 70% of its men breaking out of the Tcherkassy Pocket. There were over 20,000 Japanese troops on Iwo Jima before the US Marines landed. 213 were taken prisoner. No other survivors. (The US had over 6800 killed and over 19,000 wounded while taking the island. That’s more than the total casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan combined in 15 years.) The British Army lost 60,000 casualties, including 1500 dead in the first 15 minutes, on first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. That’s what serious casualties look like.