Good Morning.
Today is our 3,093rd day in Iraq, and our 3,621st day in Afghanistan.
We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of Antiwar.com:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4474
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4335
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3615
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 246
Since Operation New Dawn: 46
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,752
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 947
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq : 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448
We find this morning's
cost of war passing through:
$ 1, 245, 612, 200, 000 .00 This morning, we'll borrow a phrase from our old "Libertarian Saturday" feature, as we have good news, bad news, and unbelievable news to look at this morning.
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