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So, the administration doesn't do Webster's? Who do they do then? I'm thinking of Humpty Dumpty here:
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Of course, when Humpty made the words work like that, he always paid them extra.
How much is the Pentagon paying casualty, torture and "Mission Accomplished"?
The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count [http://icasualties.org/oif/] has a list of people [http://icasualties.org/oif/Dow.aspx] who died in hospitals in Germany and the US after being wounded in Iraq. These deaths are included in their count of US military fatalities.
Could someone please answer this question? If someone is wounded in Iraq and then is evacuated to Germany or some other country and THEN dies of his wounds, is this counted as a casualty of the Iraq war?
A while ago I heard that the lots of soldiers were evacuated only to die of their wounds in another country, and that the fact that they didn't die in Iraq removed them from the official death toll.
Is this true? If so. how many soldiers fit this scenario? What about people who die of complications of their wounds when they arrive home? How are they counted? How big is that list? And if you die in a bus accident but not through enemy fire, which list are you counted on? How many are on THAT list?
Any links would be appreciated.
Thanks.
