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enhanced_deficit
06-24-2015, 06:25 PM
Amidst all these SC flag wars, it is easy to forget sacrifices South Carolinians made to defend our freedoms and way of life. Question came to mind what would have these South Carolinians who gave their lives fighting for Operation Iraqi Freedom wanted about types of flags flying in SC?

During OIF, US troops often flew both the US flag with stars and stripes and the Iraqi flag with "Allau Akbar".

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2011/12/15/1323981095275/US-troops-at-flag-lowerin-007.jpg



Operation Iraqi Freedom

Casualties By State

Period
Wounded
Fatalities
Total


Alabama
550
73
623


Alaska
99
17
116


American Samoa
45
9
54


Arizona
685
98
783


Arkansas
466
63
529


California
3086
478
3564


Colorado
480
66
546


Connecticut
235
31
266


Delaware
45
14
59


District of Columbia
21
5
26


Florida
1433
196
1629


Georgia
862
142
1004


Guam
36
7
43


Hawaii
132
28
160


Idaho
270
32
302


Illinois
1092
162
1254


Indiana
691
95
786


Iowa
338
49
387


Kansas
410
47
457


Kentucky
479
70
549


Louisiana
604
88
692


Maine
208
23
231


Maryland
403
77
480


Massachusetts
483
77
560


Michigan
995
160
1155


Minnesota
509
68
577


Mississippi
287
53
340


Missouri
754
89
843


Montana
213
28
241


Nebraska
230
46
276


Nevada
183
36
219


New Hampshire
180
23
203


New Jersey
436
82
518


New Mexico
270
42
312


New York
1419
191
1610


North Carolina
819
110
929


North Dakota
96
14
110


Northern Mariana Islands
5
5
10


Ohio
1264
188
1452


Oklahoma
502
77
579


Oregon
489
73
562


Pennsylvania
1236
196
1432


Puerto Rico
239
38
277


Rhode Island
107
12
119


South Carolina
406
58
464


South Dakota
121
20
141


Tennessee
598
97
695


Texas
2810
420
3230


Utah
233
23
256


Vermont
88
21
109


Virgin Islands
12
6
18


Virginia
679
134
813


Washington
876
93
969


West Virginia
218
24
242


Wisconsin
592
89
681



Wyoming
104
14
118





http://icasualties.org/iraq/bystate.aspx

presence
06-24-2015, 06:34 PM
it is easy to forget sacrifices South Carolinians made to defend our freedoms and way of life.

Oh I get it now... that's what we're fighting for over there. I've been so confused.

Ronin Truth
06-25-2015, 07:38 AM
How many of them were/are black? Did those lives matter?

Dianne
06-25-2015, 06:52 PM
I guess you notice what flag they are carrying. I wonder if we ask to remove the U.S. flag, if all wars will immediately come to an end.