Four Years of war by the numbers - incredible breakdown by StarTribune

[peacebird]

http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1061998.html

highly recommend checking this one out.

[peacebird]

1. another good article - Rutland Herald

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Four years later, a tabulation of costs for the Iraq war

March 18, 2007

Editors note: March 20 marks the fourth anniversary of the start of the war.

WASHINGTON - From the outset, when the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began in March 2003, President Bush cautioned that the conflict "could be longer and more difficult than some predict."

Putting aside the debate over whether the war was necessary and how it has been managed, it is - without a doubt - costly.

American taxpayers are on track by the fall of next year to spend $532 billion on the war, which so far has cost the lives of about 3,200 U.S. troops and wounded another 24,000.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070318/FEATURES15/70316021/1030/FEATURES15

[Loge23]

2. Oh please, America, WAKE UP!!

It is gratifying in a sense that so many voices are speaking out against this debacle of an administration.
I only hope that this country wakes up. I hope it's not too late for the resurgence of the American spirit.
We need not look any further than our own unelected government to find the true enemy of our freedom.

[live love laugh]

3. "...nearly 50,000 Iraqi police and civilian deaths." ??? Not true. nt

[peacebird]

5. I know - I heard an estimate today of a million.... The truth lies somewhere in between

I think it is likely over 500,000 myself but that is just my gut.... It is a fiasco of tragic proportion for the people of Iraq.

"Freedom" is on the march - freedom from the shackles of LIFE...

[bobthedrummer]

4. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x269378