The Army's official stats for the current Iraq war suggest that fewer soldiers were killed by fratricide over the past six years than the total number of service members killed by fratricide during Operation Desert StormStorm.
That’s why people like Andrew Bacevich are skeptical, very skeptical.
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The deal is, parents, spouses and other family of those killed by friendly fire are usually accepting of the accidents of war. The cover-ups, when they get exposed, are another matter entirely. And, THAT’s more corrosive of morale than war fratricides, no matter what the Army thinks.
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