Death Quote by Rachel Maddow

The United States government was proud that, although perhaps 100,000 Iraqis had died in the Gulf War of 1991, there were only 48 American…

— Howard Zinn

“Deploying LOGCAP or other contractors instead of military personnel can alleviate the political and social pressures that have come to be a fact of…

— Rachel Maddow

The Iraq war is a huge subject and there have been many films about it. But it was when the private contractors started taking…

— Ken Loach

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

— Anonymous

In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have…

— Ike Skelton

Pentagon records show that at least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. Army have deserted since the Iraq war began. Hey, at least somebody…

— Tina Fey

Professional soldiers are people who die for a living.

— George Carlin

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

— Studs Terkel

The American military generally counts on a kill ratio of 10 to 1 when fighting lightly armed insurgents: for every dead American, there are…

— Sebastian Junger

If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.

— John O. Brennan

“Two hundred and fifty American marines and soldiers were killed, and 1,554 wounded.75 Another 458 ARVN soldiers were killed and an estimated 2,700 wounded.…

— Mark Bowden