In the three years since the Iraq war started, 2,317 American military personnel have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. In a war that’s constantly compared to Vietnam, it is quite illuminating to note that in a single month of fighting during the Vietnam war—May 1968—2,316 Americans lost their lives. Every soldier’s life is precious, and I generally recoil at treating people’s lives as mere statistics. But, since our media tries relentlessly to portray the Iraq war as today’s Vietnam, it is left to folks like me to provide the context that the establishment media leaves out.

Speaking of context, here’s a little more.