reveals that

The lowest casualty estimates, based on the now-renounced North Vietnamese statements, are around 1.5 million Vietnamese killed. Vietnam released figures on April 3, 1995 that a total of one million Vietnamese combatants and four million civilians were killed in the war. The accuracy of these figures has generally not been challenged. 58,226 American soldiers also died in the war or are missing in action. Australia lost almost 500 of the 47,000 troops they had deployed to Vietnam and New Zealand lost 38 soldiers.

But now we're just getting warmed-up with the Land Wars in Asia\ufffd, and the Sky's the Limit.

Except.. With 58,226 minus [link|http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/| today's] 1768 = 56,458 needed to tie our Last War of Liberation -- it will take a whole new generation of Reddy Kilowatt Battlefied Nukes of the laissez-faire go-crazy kind, because

If I read the tea leaves correctly [?]

I don't think there are 56,458 wannabe-recruits ready to set a New Record, not even for little-Jesus, all the unborn zygotes and six Borklets on the USSC.. y'know?



Oh, it's going to be a Glorious little (set of) war(s) !!
Star Trek - Murican Oracle for the Now Generation.



Edit for prescience -
Insufferably-smug LRPD just now croons,
And damn, but I wanted to get involved with a land war in Asia.