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Originally posted by texas*princess
Man, this is craziness. I was really hoping this would be a short conflict with very little or no casulties, and for awhile it really seemed like it would be 
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Oh, it will be.
But "short" is a relative term.
Remember that Vietnam lasted over 10 years (our part of it), WWII, lasted four years (our part of it), I think WWI was about the same length (our part of it). The Civil War lasted four years.
(Edited to add, I say "our part" because we joined most of these conflicts after they had been in progress for additional years)
Also, remember that there were hundreds of thousands of killed and wounded in each of the above.
The war that most of today's college generation remembers is "Desert Storm," which lasted only a few days on the ground, and we had just over 100 KIA.
Most wars aren't anything like that one.
That's why I support war only as a last resort.
We can only hope that this one ends quickly with not many more casualties -- but that's not something to count on.