The war in Iraq costs the United States $1 billion per week, $251 billion so far. Bush originally said it would cost $70 billion. Before the war, he fired his top economic adviser, Larry Lindsay who said it would cost $200 billion.
The number of terrorist attacks per day in Iraq grew from 55 in December 2004 to 77 in December 2006.
Over 2,200 Americans have been killed in action in Iraq and 16,000 seriously wounded. Because we are doing a better job saving the lives of the wounded, those who survive often have devastating injuries from which there is no recovery.
Despite chipper denials from the Pentagon, the Army has serious problems with recruiting, especially getting quality recruitments, and with regular Army re-enlistment. The reason the numbers are not worse is because of the bonuses they are offering.
The officer corps is also being hollowed out, as younger officers quit in such number that 100 percent of those remaining are automatically moved up the ladder. For example, last year the Army promoted 97 percent of all eligible captains, up from as historical average of 70-80 percent. This information is from the Pentagon; data in a report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. It is quite possible this administration is destroying the professional Army.
-from Norfolk's Portfolio Weekly, 2/07/06
Whatever the outcome, the war in Iraq has been a complete disaster.
2 comments:
Oh you know that all a bunch of left wing hooie! You know you should be thanking your lucky stars all those brave young men and women are out there dieing for our liberty! Shame on you aren't thankful for our hard earned freedom!
its all unnecessary and unrelated to our own liberty or business (the world police), MR "mad as hell."
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