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Originally posted by Marcus Summers Did anybody here know a person that was killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, here?

Iraq 2005 - 3 of my Soldiers died in an IED blast 10 meters in front of me. The 4th, our medic, died under my care as I put tourniquets on his arms and legs as they were blown off.

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Originally posted by Zewad Iraq 2005 - 3 of my Soldiers died in an IED blast 10 meters in front of me. The 4th, our medic, died under my care as I put tourniquets on his arms and legs as they were blown off.

fuuuucking hell

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Originally posted by psymon.d fuuuucking hell

+ 1 there...

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I figured Zewad knew people. I think VAR was there too. I know he mentioned at one point in another thread getting a TBI (traumatic brain injury).

I don't know anyone who has died personally but I've known a few people that have come back with injuries, lots of them TBI or non-physical mental injuries, PTSD, etc. TBIs suck. I know a Major who got one in Iraq, he isn't too bad off but every so often he'll be talking and just wont be able to remember common words or ideas in his train of thought. It sucks.

Another guy I know came back from Iraq with a TBI (from multiple explosions, he was Abrams commander, the gun on that thing probably fucked with his head, not to mention taking RPG and IED explosions...) and he said he developed a bi-polar condition. Sometimes you'd talk to him and he'd be on top of the world, the next he'd be so down in the dumps you worried about his safety.

War fucking sucks. People often forget the non-fatal casualties, the maimed, physically and mentally. We owe them the most.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby War fucking sucks. People often forget the non-fatal casualties, the maimed, physically and mentally. We owe them the most.

absolutely brutal. one of the toughest movies to watch.

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Originally posted by The17sss absolutely brutal. one of the toughest movies to watch.

Damn, never seen that movie but that clip was pretty intense. I can't imagine the real thing.

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Originally posted by Syntonic Damn, never seen that movie but that clip was pretty intense. I can't imagine the real thing.

You should check it out man. I've seen it 3 or 4 times... and it gets harder to watch each time. I don't think I can watch it again- so depressing but a pretty powerful movie. Best acting job by Tom Cruise ever- he only lost the Oscar that year because Daniel Day Lewis was in the way with My Left Foot.

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Originally posted by The17sss Best acting job by Tom Cruise ever

Did you see Tropic Thunder???

ugh... can't wait to gtfo this bitch. that youtube clip scurrs me

That's the account and record we should not miss. Students have released a study through Brown University tallying up the past ten years of battle expenses and added in for secondary costs of these battles. The final cost of the battles in Afghanistan and Iraq may add up to $4 trillion, and might have resulted in the deaths of up to 250,000 individuals. Wars cost American taxpayers almost $4 trillion in past decade . Since the Bush and Obama administrations have borrowed heavily to finance the war, the interest payments alone are staggering. Its where majority of taxpayer's money go.

The worse, the final costs aren’t going to be known for decades, if ever. Aside from costs to American taxpayers, the cost to Iraq and Afghanistan in repairing destroyed infrastructure, caring for people with disabilities and lost income from people who were killed may never be tallied.