Saturday, April 08, 2006
Another Myth Bites The Dust
Out of the 17,000 or so Americans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past three years, the perception was that many of them lost a limb or limbs to the IEDs and other fighting. There have been stories about American amputees in all the papers. Even in the funny papers, BD of Doonesbury is an Iraq War amputee. One of the soldiers on FX's now canceled Over There is an amputee. I thought there were thousands of them.
The Rocky Mountain News today has a series of stories on hard working, courageous soldiers overcoming the handicap that losing a limb or limbs creates (and some of them getting back to combat). Good stories. In the middle of one, there is the news that only 460 or so soldiers are amputees. That's way less than the popular conception and thus very good news in a myth puncturing way. Every single death and disability is a tragedy, mainly because they're all so young.
The Rocky Mountain News today has a series of stories on hard working, courageous soldiers overcoming the handicap that losing a limb or limbs creates (and some of them getting back to combat). Good stories. In the middle of one, there is the news that only 460 or so soldiers are amputees. That's way less than the popular conception and thus very good news in a myth puncturing way. Every single death and disability is a tragedy, mainly because they're all so young.
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"there is the news that only 460 or so soldiers are amputees. That's way less than the popular conception and thus very good news in a myth puncturing way"
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