Good Morning.
It's been 3,653 days since we invaded Iraq on false pretenses. This morning, it's worth reviewing our losses in blood and treasure. As always, the numbers come to us courtesy of Antiwar.com:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4,488
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4,347
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3,627
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 256
Since Operation New Dawn: 66
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 319
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq : 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448
We find this morning's
cost of war in Iraq passing through:
$ 812, 049, 295, 000 .00 It's worth pondering that this war has taken us longer than the war to secure our own independence....or to defeat fascism....or things like inventing the atomic bomb or putting man on the moon.
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