Good Morning.
Today is our 2,589th day in Iraq and our 3,117th 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): 4392
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4253
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3929
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3533
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 164
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,044
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 687
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,457
Journalists - Iraq: 338
Academics Killed - Iraq: 437
We find this morning's
cost of war passing through:
$ 984, 943, 250, 000 .00 Dr. Rachel Maddow has perhaps said it best...."The Iraq war won't end until the last tortured veteran dies screaming in his sleep perhaps 75 years from now."
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