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In reply to the discussion: DC thinks it can silence a new Snowden, but the anti-leak hypocrisy is backfiring [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)50. America, Love it or Leave it? You could trying be more original.
"Patriotism is the most foolish of passions and the passion of fools." Schopenhauer
Keep wavin' that flag, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Casualties
Main articles: Vietnam War casualties and Outline of the Vietnam War
Estimates of the number of casualties vary, with one source suggesting up to 3.8 million violent war deaths.[396] 195,000430,000 South Vietnamese civilians died in the war.[14][15] 50,00065,000 North Vietnamese civilians died in the war.[14][22] The Army of the Republic of Vietnam lost between 171,331 and 220,357 men during the war.[14][397] The official US Department of Defense figure was 950,765 communist forces killed in Vietnam from 1965 to 1974. Defense Department officials believed that these body count figures need to be deflated by 30 percent. In addition, Guenter Lewy assumes that one-third of the reported "enemy" killed may have been civilians, concluding that the actual number of deaths of communist military forces was probably closer to 444,000.[14] A detailed demographic study calculated 791,0001,141,000 war-related deaths for all of Vietnam.[40] Between 200,000[28][30] and 300,000[398] Cambodians died during the war. About 60,000 Laotians also died,[399] and 58,220 U.S. service members were killed.
Keep wavin' that flag, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Casualties
Main articles: Vietnam War casualties and Outline of the Vietnam War
Estimates of the number of casualties vary, with one source suggesting up to 3.8 million violent war deaths.[396] 195,000430,000 South Vietnamese civilians died in the war.[14][15] 50,00065,000 North Vietnamese civilians died in the war.[14][22] The Army of the Republic of Vietnam lost between 171,331 and 220,357 men during the war.[14][397] The official US Department of Defense figure was 950,765 communist forces killed in Vietnam from 1965 to 1974. Defense Department officials believed that these body count figures need to be deflated by 30 percent. In addition, Guenter Lewy assumes that one-third of the reported "enemy" killed may have been civilians, concluding that the actual number of deaths of communist military forces was probably closer to 444,000.[14] A detailed demographic study calculated 791,0001,141,000 war-related deaths for all of Vietnam.[40] Between 200,000[28][30] and 300,000[398] Cambodians died during the war. About 60,000 Laotians also died,[399] and 58,220 U.S. service members were killed.
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DC thinks it can silence a new Snowden, but the anti-leak hypocrisy is backfiring [View all]
xchrom
Apr 2014
OP
So true....but will the fact that most of us are aware stop them from such criminal behavior..
AuntPatsy
Apr 2014
#30
Well, if the govenment has nothing to hide it needn't worry about Snowdens.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#7
Wait wut? I've been reliably informed here on DU that Snowden's "news" wasn't new
riderinthestorm
Apr 2014
#9
Who is 'silencing' Snowden? Has there been a film festival, Ted conference, or press conference
msanthrope
Apr 2014
#15
actually--having read the directive, I don't have a problem with these rules:
msanthrope
Apr 2014
#26
Senator Joe, is that you? Maybe you can form a committee on the anti-Americans.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2014
#25
How many reading this seriously believe the same programs are being used in
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#31
Saw the original story and thought it was a parody. CLAPPER silencing EVERYONE now!
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#34
K&R. We need a hundred more Snowdens to step forward heroically, and expose this spying nonsense
quinnox
Apr 2014
#39
Most private firms, government agencies, etc., have similar "you can't talk to the press" policies
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#44