美國戰損的乾坤大挪移還是很牛的

以前一直認為美國自己戰損多少是很準確的．直到朝戰數據貓膩才明白美國竟然
把當時的死亡大多移到了朝鮮之外．朝戰單看就很光鮮了．經此一啟發，美國乾
坤大挪移的功夫練了這麼多年，不應該只在一層二層．

逐漸的俺這個外行也看出了門道兒．
第一移，原因大挪移．
俺們鄉下人只知道傷，亡．人家文明人的死分了無窮種：
陣亡（ＫＩＡ），事故亡，病亡，他殺，自殺，失蹤．．．．
分類統計，當然科學些．可問題是在戰爭開打時，人們只關注ＫＩＡ．這就給美
國中宣部兒一個很好的大挪移機會：

A good barometer of the propaganda in action is the way US military deaths
are reported. Here is a curious example where a fatality has been reclassified.
On August 20th CentCom issued the following communiqué (abridged, emphasis
added):

August 20, 2003 Release Number: 03-08-40

ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED AFTER CONVOY FIRED UPON

BAGHDAD, Iraq C One 3rd Corps Support Command soldier was killed and
another injured in a two-vehicle accident while driving south on the main
supply route southeast of the town of Ad Diwaniyah.


The soldiers were driving in a supply convoy of Palletized Loading System
vehicles when they received small arms fire and struck another vehicle.
[…] Security, medical and recovery assets were dispatched to the scene.
One soldier died as a result of the accident.

A day later DefenseLink issued the following confirmation notification
(abridged, emphasis added).

Aug 21, 2003 DefenseLink No. 613-03


DoD Identifies Army Casualty. The Department of Defense announced today
that Spc. Kenneth W. Harris, Jr., 23, […] was killed on Aug. 20 in Scania,
Iraq. Harris was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident while driving
south on the main supply route. Another soldier was also injured in the
incident.

Presto! A combat death magically becomes an accidental death so the American
and British media will not need to include this victim in their body count
tallies. One only wonders what the family of the victim will think of
this reclassification.

好了，上面這段兒是讓有心人抓了個現行．本來是敵人開火導致車撞車翻而死．
轉天開火這句就沒了，成了一單純車禍．
現在美國老百姓也精，要總死亡數．可戰時聯軍以公布ＫＩＡ為主啊．這個挪移
，戰爭當時管用，現在未必管用．過二三十年大家寫戰史時又管用了．美國在伊
拉剋死的兩千多人，約５００是事故死亡．了不起．

第二移，空間移動．
這個直接證據比較難找不象朝戰那麼明顯．咱們間接看看：
２００３年伊戰開打．美國幾十萬大軍湧入熱戰．死了多少？　４８６個．
２００３年全年美軍總死亡多少？
　１４１０個．當然，美軍和平時期一般也能死個７００～８００．把這個減去
．美軍在自己做的賬本兒上恐怕也挪移了一百二百．２００４年，美軍在伊拉克
死８４８個，世界總死亡１８８７個?

第三移，時間移動．
這個證據更難找．間接看一下美軍的戰損月曲線．從開戰到２００３年１０月，
那曲線幾乎是平的．從曲線上看不出美軍哪個月打了大仗．（人造痕迹挺重）在
５月戰爭結束前，美軍在伊拉克總死１３９個，大半兒是事故．到了１０月底，
曲線一下跳了起來．這幾個月的時間差，對戰時的輿論支持可至關重要．如果戰
爭初期就被幹掉３００多，當時的輿論恐怕要罵翻了．

美軍到底武器精良死亡少，玩兒的挪移量級也就在百．不象朝戰，一挪移就上萬
．

呵呵，美國軍隊真是個奇怪的軍隊．打仗的地方死的人永遠比不打仗的地方死的
人少．打仗時死的人絕對比戰爭結束后維和期間損失速度小（戰爭時１．５人／
天，戰後１．８人／天）．事故，自殺，他殺比例一直奇高．（美軍和平時期保
持每年１５０人自殺，５０人被他殺謀殺）?

難怪的美國老想打仗，不打仗丫死人更快．

呵呵，第一次海灣戰爭使用ＤＵ（一種毒氣？），美軍在伊拉剋死的人約一百，
回來后這批人據說死了１１０００多．操，聯想到美軍飛機經常幹掉自己飛機，
美軍自殘簡直傳統大大地．