Today the Iraq War passed another dubious benchmark; we now have 3,500 American Soldiers KIA. Here are some numbers for those of you playing along at home...
3,504 U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines KIA
30,000+ U.S. military wounded
917 U.S. civilian contractors KIA
12,000+ U.S. civilian contractors wounded
65,000 - 650,000 (estimated) Iraqi civilians killed - The U.S. doesn't even keep statistics on this number. We learned the wrong lessons from Vietnam.
1.5 million (estimated) Iraqi civilians wounded
1 Civil-War
$432.5 Billion spent (estimated) SO FAR - that is billion with a "B". A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon we're talking about real money. $1,300 is spent in Iraq EVERY SECOND.
Why are we even there in the 1st place? There were no WMDs, Iraq had no ties to Al-Queada before our invasion, and Saddam was isolated and alone in the Arab world. Yes, Saddam was a horrible tyrant, but to quote a fake article in The Onion, isn't it the duty of any people that wishes to be free to fight for their freedom? Why are we the World Police? How much more can we take? Please write your congressional representative and demand they come up with a workable plan for our withdrawal from Iraq. We aren't fighting terrorists in Iraq, we're fighting an insurgency. Those are two very different things. You might remember another popular insurgency; The American Revolution. These people don't want to follow us home, they just want us to GO home. Let's take them up on that.
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