Did you knoe that one American soldier gets electrocuted every three days?
Last night on Lou Dobbs I learned that *One American soldier gets electrocuted every three days in Iraq and in Afghanistan just b/c the government contracted electrical work to a company that doesn’t do their job they way they should and b/c they say those countries have different standers then we do here in the US therefore they do not have to do things in the same manner, poor soldiers are taking a shower only for it to be their last while they are in another country fighting for us and working for our government! The company feels that they are not at fault, is the government at fault.?. Who is at fault here someone is and it should be the contractor and when will they fix the problem so that this is no longer a problem? Why do our soldiers have to die of this cause? Like their lives aren’t threatened enough as it is! This is so uncalled for and there doesn’t seem to be much action being taken – This makes me angry!!! I am so beside myself to think that this even happened to begin with and that it is still continuing and that the government hasn’t already put a stop to this – Are people loosing their lives b/c the government doesn’t want to fire that company and hire one that will make sure the job is done right and be sure that this never happens again? Why hasn’t that Company already been fired and what happened to our own military electricians???? I am so confused and out-raged!!! This doesn’t bother you? Aren’t your family members and friends in the military?
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brighton electric
By your numbers that would make about 10% of all casualties in Iraq due to this electrical company. I think you either misunderstood the story or wherever you heard it is full of BS.
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US Army
Retired
brighton electrics
I agree that people should be outraged. My husband is in the military and has been deployed twice, and I do not think they should have to worry about being electrocuted, however I don’t think that figure is correct. If we have been in Iraq for 6 years, that would be about 2190 days (give or take because of leap year), 1 soldier every 3 days would be approximately 730 soldiers. I think someone exaggerated the number, but don’t get me wrong every death matters.
brighton electrician
Lou Dobbs is notorious for putting out “facts” that no one can verify. He is blowing smoke up your panties.
brighton electric
The numbers here don’t add up. They may mean there have been electrical shocks that did not kill at that rate. There have been a small number of men, including a Special Forces member who have died because of electrocution. The US contractor hired unqualified contractors who did not properly ground high voltage systems leading to the deaths.
This is a direct cause of a lack of oversight of military contractors and a former administration who did not care about these types of problems. Don’t worry nothing will happen. The same contractors are doing the same crap today. This is the result of having un-accountable contractors do these jobs.
Frankly, some of them should be in jail.
sussex electric
Some people have difficulty with their terms.
An electrocution is death by electricity. An electric shock is just that, a shock which may or may not produce injury.
If just getting a shock were called electrocution, I could run a sensational news story claiming that a million kids a year are electrocuted in their own homes merely by rubbing their feet across a carpet.
The news story did exactly what it was designed to do. It elicited an emotional reaction from you instead of a reasoned out response.
There have been cases of shoddy workmanship that has killed anywhere from 3 to 13 service members, depending on who you believe. I do not like that this happens, and standards need to be enforced. But I won’t be duped by a ratings seeking reporter into an emotional rant that greatly exaggerates the scope of the problem.
brighton electrician
Electrocution does NOT necessarily mean death by electric shock, it means to kill OR injure:
electrocute
Verb
[-cuting, -cuted] to kill or injure by an electric shock
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006