Thursday, October 26, 2006
your reminder, 10/26, + the new 9/11
Another milestone passed on this road to perdition: since my last reminder, the number of coalition troops killed in Iraq surpassed the number of people killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. All the attacks. We have now paid a greater cost in blood in Iraq than we suffered in the atrocity that served as its pretense. And as I'm sure you've all heard, this month is already the bloodiest in Iraq since January 2005.
And for the sake of...what? We dismantled a regime that was a bitter enemy of both Iran and Al Qaeda, and the best we can hope for is the creation of a regime that will be a close ally of the former, and perhaps even on friendly terms with the latter?! In what alternate universe would that ever be worth 3,047 of our own and 1/2 a million of theirs?
One congressional candidate supports this, one does not. Is any other information necessary at this point?
Number of coalition troops killed in Iraq: 3047
Number of US troops wounded in Iraq: 9603
Total number of dead in September 11 terrorist attacks: 3030
Estimated number of Iraqi deaths: 44,736-49,692 (iraqbodycount.org, only includes deaths reported by media)
650,000 (new Lancet study, total number of excess Iraqi deaths compared to period prior to invasion)
Time since US conflict in Iraq began: 1317 days
time since Osama bin Laden-coordinated 9/11 attacks: 1871 days
total time Osama bin Laden has spent in captivity: 0 days
percent of the time Chris Chocola votes with George W. Bush: 94%
time until Election Day: 12 days (Tuesday, November 7th)
And for the sake of...what? We dismantled a regime that was a bitter enemy of both Iran and Al Qaeda, and the best we can hope for is the creation of a regime that will be a close ally of the former, and perhaps even on friendly terms with the latter?! In what alternate universe would that ever be worth 3,047 of our own and 1/2 a million of theirs?
One congressional candidate supports this, one does not. Is any other information necessary at this point?
Number of coalition troops killed in Iraq: 3047
Number of US troops wounded in Iraq: 9603
Total number of dead in September 11 terrorist attacks: 3030
Estimated number of Iraqi deaths: 44,736-49,692 (iraqbodycount.org, only includes deaths reported by media)
650,000 (new Lancet study, total number of excess Iraqi deaths compared to period prior to invasion)
Time since US conflict in Iraq began: 1317 days
time since Osama bin Laden-coordinated 9/11 attacks: 1871 days
total time Osama bin Laden has spent in captivity: 0 days
percent of the time Chris Chocola votes with George W. Bush: 94%
time until Election Day: 12 days (Tuesday, November 7th)
