Originally Posted by BarryC
Originally Posted by Huntz

In that same period, the United States has lost some 60,000 soldiers in small arms engagements, an approximate one for one exchange.


That's where I quit reading. That sounds like BS to me. \

After reading about the damage Luttrell and his buddies inflicted on the Taliban, what the SEALs did to the Somalis in Blackhawk Down, and what happened in Libya with Am. Stephens, I just don't believe those numbers. Sure, those weren't great moments for US fighters, but I'll bet they killed 10 or 15 or even 30 enemies for every American casualty. So I think the entire article is BS.


I don't know. Most of the casualties the US inflicts are from artillery or other supporting arms. No doubt we killed scores of Somalies, but most were probably killed by the helos doing gun runs. And most who were "killed" we're just wounded. And as for Lutrell, most of that story is highly exaggerated if not an outright fabrication.