Good Morning.
Today is our 2,694th day in Iraq and our 3,222nd day in Afghanistan.
The end may be in sight for Iraq.We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from America's ongoing wars, courtesy of antiwar.com:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4413
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4274
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3952
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3554
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 185
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,216
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 766
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,457
Journalists - Iraq: 338
Academics Killed - Iraq: 437
We find this morning's
cost of war passing through:
$1, 024, 306, 350, 000 .00 One of the things I rarely focus on in this blog is the business of war. We all know that even as our soldiers fight and suffer and die, somebody is making money off them. I have an infuriating story this morning that comes to us via UNN. This is just the tip of the iceberg, as the story has taken on a life of its own over the past few days. It seems that insurance giant Prudential has figured out how to turn a huge profit
from dead soldiers' families.
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