Iraq vs. Vietnam casualties

What with all the comparisons of the U.S.-Iraq situation to the Vietnam war, on a whin I entered ''Iraq Vietnam casualties'' into Google.

One website -- http://www.slate.com/id/2111432/ -- said ''But a comparative analysis of U.S. casualty statistics from Iraq tells a different story. After factoring in medical, doctrinal, and technological improvements, infantry duty in Iraq circa 2004 comes out just as intense as infantry duty in Vietnam circa 1966—and in some cases more lethal. Even discrete engagements, such as the battle of Hue City in 1968 and the battles for Fallujah in 2004, tell a similar tale: Today's grunts are patrolling a battlefield every bit as deadly as the crucible their fathers faced in Southeast Asia.''

Another one had this interesting chart, as shown to the left (if you click it it'll expand, and the colors correct themselves; for the full aticle, see -- http://www.lies.com/wp/2003/10/20/us-deaths-in-vietnam-and-iraq-by-month/ )

Now, I'm in a hurry at the moment, so I only skimmed the content of the article -- the author may be making unwarrented ''corrections'' or some-such.

Still, pretty interesting.


--GG