U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

[Rome]

I'm sure I've asked this before but what's the deal with the Revolutionary War figure?

That seems awfully low.

[Diomedes]

Romey paging Geo...

[Geowhizzer]

i've never seen the numbers laid out like that.  farging shtein, almost 500K in the Civil War, wow.

The ten costliest battles of the Civil War.

The Battle of Gettysburg alone would make #4 on Dio's list.

[Diomedes]

Ha!

[Rome]

Scummy little shteinbag draft-dodging chickenhawks should really shut the farg up.

Yeah, how DARE the Congress challenge the Dicta... errr... I mean, President's decisions concerning discretionary spending?

Who do they think they are - representatives elected by the people of the United States?!

[Diomedes]

3,210

[SD_Eagle5]

From Time:
Month by month history of Iraq war

[Phanatic]

The Iraq 'War' was once supported by 70% of the people.... funny how poor planning and mismanagement change things.

[SD_Eagle5]

The Iraq 'War' was once supported by 70% of the people.... funny how poor planning and mismanagement change things.

The initial war was strategically planned great, the U.S. overthrew Iraq in 2 weeks, found Hussein etc. Everything that followed was poorly planned by a small group with their own agenda. People initially supported the war out of fear.

[Diomedes]

They didn't exactly find Hussein right way bro.

[Phanatic]

The Iraq 'War' was once supported by 70% of the people.... funny how poor planning and mismanagement change things.

The initial war was strategically planned great, the U.S. overthrew Iraq in 2 weeks, found Hussein etc. Everything that followed was poorly planned by a small group with their own agenda. People initially supported the war out of fear.

Agree mostly. Even if it took a while to find Hussein the US military was designed for the first part of the war. The rest of it not so much.

Right tool for the job and all of that.

[SD_Eagle5]

They didn't exactly find Hussein right way bro.

Point taken. Guess it seemed fast considering they're still searching for Bin Laden.

[Diomedes]

Sure they are.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

What was the total count of Americans killed on 9/11?  As soon as the American death count of the "war on terror" matches that, I think even the most staunch pro-war people would have to question the effectiveness of the tactics.

[Diomedes]

That count was passed a while ago.


2,973 people died in 9/11, not counting hijackers or first responders who have died of respiratory failure, etc. 

3,210 in Iraq + 373 Afganistan = 3,583