All Intensive Purposes

A soldier's odds of being killed in Iraq are somewhat lower than they were in Vietnam, but this does not make it a safer place for combatants. The risk of being injured in Iraq is significantly higher than it was in Vietnam—3.1 percent of all those who have served, as opposed to 1.8 percent over a much longer period in Vietnam, according to Newsweek.

Jacob Weisberg, in Slate. I'd link to Newsweek, but Slate doesn't -- no respect for its corporate sibling.