Good Morning.
Today is our 2,141st day in Iraq.
We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from the 'war on terror', courtesy of Antiwar.com:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4236
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4097
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3775
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3378
Since Election (1/31/05): 2798
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 317
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 641
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 421
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 446
We find this morning's
cost of war passing through:
$ 591, 782, 200, 000.00 In this first post-Bush week....little has changed except for some posturing, so we here at "Ask a Vet" will continue to soldier on.
To that end, our friends at IAVA have
penned a letter to the new president...and they're asking all of us to sign on.
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