This is day number 1,654 of Bush's Iraq War - US was involved in WW II for 1245 days

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/25/national/w194444S88.DTL

U.S. Involved in Iraq Longer Than WWII
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, November 26, 2006

The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in the war that President Bush's father fought in, World War II. As of Sunday, the conflict in Iraq has raged for three years and just over eight months.


Only the Vietnam War (eight years, five months), the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months), and the Civil War (four years), have engaged America longer.


Fighting in Afghanistan, which may or may not be a full-fledged war depending on who is keeping track, has gone on for five years, one month. It continues as the ousted Taliban resurges and the central government is challenged.


Bush says he still is undecided whether to start bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq or add to the 140,000 there now.


He is awaiting the conclusions of several top-to-bottom studies, including a military review by Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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1. It's good business and politics

Lots of money being made. So what that American soldiers get killed along the way.