Two soldiers a day

[ckramer]

That's the average death rate for GIs in Iraq.

By end of 2005 with this rate, the dead toll could reach 2,000.

What are these soldiers dying for?

Why don't we just get the F out of Iraq and end this stupid war?

[purduejake]

1. It's horrible, but I first thought this number was really low...

given the circumstances in Iraq. Then I remembered how most just get limbs ripped off. What's the average limb loss a day?

[Goldeneye]

2. They're dying for Bush's mistakes

in Bush's War.

[progressiveBadger]

3. And if the trend continues

This rate will continue to climb. Remember, it took a few years for the death toll in Vietnam to begin to rapidly increase.
Every day our troops are in Iraq is another slap in the face of humanity.

[TomClash]

4. OIL nt

[ckramer]

5. I just saw this

Iraqi insurgents now outnumber coalition forces

IRAQ’S rapidly swelling insurgency numbers 200,000 fighters and active supporters and outnumbers the United States-led coalition forces, the head of the country’s intelligence service said yesterday.

The number is far higher than the US military has so far admitted and paints a much grimmer picture of the challenge facing the Iraqi authorities and their British and American backers as elections loom in four weeks.