Comments on: Humanity and Natural Disasters http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/comment-page-1/#comment-30680 James Joyner Thu, 30 Dec 2004 02:41:37 +0000 /?p=8579#comment-30680 Bryan, No, I'm just noting that the casualties took place over a long period of time. Almost all of them were within a very short period, of course. My guess is the 1978 deaths are people who subsequently died of wounds from the war. So far as I know, all U.S. troops were out by 1975. All but the POWs were out in 1973. Bryan,

No, I'm just noting that the casualties took place over a long period of time. Almost all of them were within a very short period, of course.

My guess is the 1978 deaths are people who subsequently died of wounds from the war. So far as I know, all U.S. troops were out by 1975. All but the POWs were out in 1973.

]]> By: bryan http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/comment-page-1/#comment-30672 bryan Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:40:52 +0000 /?p=8579#comment-30672 James, so you're going to go with the bell curve argument? I can't imagine that there were many more between the years of 1957 and 1963, which was when i was thinking the counting should start. Before that point, the total number of deaths was less than 100. Of course, now that I'm looking at this site: http://thewall-usa.com/stats/#year I see that we lost 400+ in 1978 (?), so I guess you are right. James,

so you're going to go with the bell curve argument? I can't imagine that there were many more between the years of 1957 and 1963, which was when i was thinking the counting should start. Before that point, the total number of deaths was less than 100.

Of course, now that I'm looking at this site:

http://thewall-usa.com/stats/#year

I see that we lost 400+ in 1978 (?), so I guess you are right.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/comment-page-1/#comment-30632 James Joyner Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:42:45 +0000 /?p=8579#comment-30632 bryan, Well, certainly, most of them were suffered from around 1966-1973. But we had forces in Vietnam /French Indochina from the end of WWII through 1975. Capt. Harry Griffith Cramer, who died in October of 1957, was the first American killed in the war. bryan,

Well, certainly, most of them were suffered from around 1966-1973. But we had forces in Vietnam /French Indochina from the end of WWII through 1975.

Capt. Harry Griffith Cramer, who died in October of 1957, was the first American killed in the war.

]]> By: bryan http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/comment-page-1/#comment-30627 bryan Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:28:35 +0000 /?p=8579#comment-30627 The us casualties in vietnam were suffered over about a dozen years, not "decades." The us casualties in vietnam were suffered over about a dozen years, not "decades."

]]> By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/comment-page-1/#comment-30610 PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:25:44 +0000 /?p=8579#comment-30610 <strong>Human Tragedy and The the Time for Politics</strong> As the latest story from the NYT notes, the death toll from the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean continues to grow: Dead Near 70,000 as Bodies Wash Ashore--Many MissingThe waters that stole tens of thousands of people from the shorelines of Asia and East... Human Tragedy and The the Time for Politics
As the latest story from the NYT notes, the death toll from the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean continues to grow: Dead Near 70,000 as Bodies Wash Ashore--Many MissingThe waters that stole tens of thousands of people from the shorelines of Asia and East...

]]> By: CAS http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/comment-page-1/#comment-30594 CAS Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:31:04 +0000 /?p=8579#comment-30594 I'm not trying to sound completely callous and cold...but from the way I read history, mankind has ALWAYS lived precariously on the edge of survival, just barely hanging on. Too many people in the past 100 years have started to look upon life WITHOUT trouble, death, disease, starvation, etc (the 4 horseman?) as their right. The fact that life is so precarious should make us appreciate what blessings we DO have all the more. I'm not trying to sound completely callous and cold...but from the way I read history, mankind has ALWAYS lived precariously on the edge of survival, just barely hanging on. Too many people in the past 100 years have started to look upon life WITHOUT trouble, death, disease, starvation, etc (the 4 horseman?) as their right. The fact that life is so precarious should make us appreciate what blessings we DO have all the more.

]]> By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science » Human Tragedy and The the Time for Politics http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/be_prepared_for_the_next_disaster_-_opinion_-_wwwtheagecomau/comment-page-1/#comment-30609 PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science » Human Tragedy and The the Time for Politics Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=8579#comment-30609 [...] , especially at this critical moment in time. Indeed, as a piece in The Age noted (h/t: <a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/8579">OTB</a>) (Be prepared for the next disaster) When such an event does occur, there is often a need to s [...] [...] , especially at this critical moment in time. Indeed, as a piece in The Age noted (h/t: OTB) (Be prepared for the next disaster) When such an event does occur, there is often a need to s [...]

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