War Toll Quotes

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 been seriously wounded.

A bloody and complete victory has sometimes yielded no more than the possession of the field and the loss of ten thousand men has sometimes been sufficient to destroy, in a single day, the work of ages.

The nature of American society makes it impossible for the U. S. to bear tens of thousands of casualties in one battle.

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.

I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.

While everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many

Victory was never in doubt. Only the cost was.

No world is without sacrifices. But if we produce casualties, we would also sustain casualties of our own.

For every advance that the Japanese have made since they started their frenzied career of conquest, they have had to pay a very heavy toll in warships, in transports, in planes, and in men. They are feeling the effects of those losses.