Good Morning
Today is our 4,832nd day in Afghanistan, and our 194th day back in Iraq.
We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of Antiwar.com. But since it's possible that we are truly exiting Afghanistan this week...let's do ALL the numbers from the last decade and a half of war.
American military casualties in Iraq:
Since war began (3/19/03): 4493
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4347
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3627
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 256
Since Operation New Dawn: 66
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 319
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2356
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1127
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq: 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448
We find this morning's
Cost of War passing through:
$ 1, 592, 050, 500, 000 .00
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