“Historically, casualties have been counted by looking at the actual number of soldiers killed or wounded while in a particular theater of operations. The archaic system we now use is simply not relevant in our more complex times. That’s why we’ve expanded the definition of ‘casualty’.” Expanded they have. Under the new plan, soldiers who contract gout, get sand in their eyes or who have a friend back home who catches crabs from that brunette with the squinty eyes that hangs around the Dairy Queen all summer, will now be considered ”wounded”.
