Cheney Doubles the Coalition Casualty Count Just a thought before bed... In the Veep Debate, John Edwards claimed correctly that the U.S. is bearing 90% of the financial burden and suffering 90% of the casualties. Cheney responded by saying "that's not true". He claimed that, if we factor in that Iraqi security forces are our coalition partners, we've only about 50% of the Iraq War casualties. Now let's follow that stillborn brainchild out a bit, shall we? In other words, we've lost at least twice as many coalition troops as we thought. ...Is that really the best defense he could come up with? It was classic Dick Cheney. Authorative, articulate, and never more convinced he's right than when he's completely wrong.