Good Morning.
Today is our 2,925th day in Iraq and our 3,443rd 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): 4439
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4300
Since Handover (6/29/04): 350
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 211
Since Operation New Dawn: 21
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,508
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 865
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq : 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448
We find this morning's
cost of war passing through:
$ 1, 169, 062, 000, 000 .00Did you see all the coverage of the protests this weekend? It was, after all, the 8th anniversary of the ill-starred invasion of Iraq. My tiny little foilhat thinks that the start of "Operation Odyssey Dawn" this past weekend was no coincidence. Why remember a war we're losing when it's oh-so-much easier to show US warplanes dominating an essentially helpless foe? But, I digress.
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