From Sen. Reid's Office, straight from Huffington Post

[bluevoter4life]

The current numbers from the occupation.

elow Is a detailed list of Iraq "by the numbers" released by Senator Harry Reid's office:

The Cost to Our Forces in Iraq

3,990: American troops who have died in Iraq since the start of the war.

29,395: Number of U.S. service members that have been wounded in hostile action since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq.

60,000: Number of troops that have been subjected to controversial stop-loss measures--meaning those who have completed service commitments but are forbidden to leave the military until their units return from war.

5: Number of times the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment has been sent to Iraq. They are the first Marine Corps unit to be sent to Iraq for a fifth time.

2,100: Number of troops who tried to commit suicide or injure themselves increased from 350 in 2002 to 2,100 last year.

11.9: Percent of noncommissioned Army officers who reported mental health problems during their first Iraq tour

27.2: Percent of noncommissioned Army officers who reported mental health problems during their third or fourth Iraq tour

The Cost to Our Military Readiness

88: Percent of current and former U.S. military officers surveyed in a recent independent study who believe that the demands of the war in Iraq have "stretched the U.S. military dangerously thin"

94: Percent of Army recruits who had high school diplomas in Fiscal Year 2003

79: Percent of Army recruits who had high school diplomas in Fiscal Year 2007

4,644: Number of new Army recruits who were granted moral waivers in Fiscal Year 2003.

12,057: Number of new Army recruits who were granted moral waivers in Fiscal Year 2007.

67: Percent of captains the Army managed to retain this year, short of its goal of 80 percent, and in spite of cash bonus incentives of up to $35,000

The Cost to Our National Security

1,188: Number of global terrorist incidents from January - September 11th, 2001.

5,188: Number of global terrorist incidents in from January- September 11th, 2006.

30: Percent increase in violence in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007.

21: Number of suicide bombings in Afghanistan in 2001.

139: Number of suicide bombings in Afghanistan in 2006, with an additional increase of 69 percent as of November 2007.

30: Percent of Afghanistan controlled by the Afghan Government according to DNI Mike McConnell.

2,380: Days since September 11th, 2001 that Osama Bin Laden has been at-large.

The Cost of Funding the War in Iraq

$50-60 Billion: Bush Administration's pre-war estimates of the cost of the war.

$12 Billion: Direct cost per month of the Iraq War.

$526 Billion: Amount of money already appropriated by Congress for the War in Iraq.

$3 Trillion: Total estimated cost of the Iraq War.

$5 Trillion - $7 Trillion: Total cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan accounting for continued military operations, growing debt and interest payments and continuing health care and counseling costs for veterans.

160: Percent that the cost of the Iraq War has increased from 2004 to 2008.

The Cost to Iraqis and Journalists

8,000: Number of Iraqi military and police killed since June 2003.

82,000-89,000: Estimate of Iraqi civilians casualties from violence since the beginning of the Iraq War.

4.5 Million: Number of Iraqi refugees both inside and outside the country.

61: Percent of Iraqis that believe the U.S. military presence makes the security situation in Iraq worse.

127: Number of journalists killed in Iraq since March 2003.

Economic Costs of War in Iraq

$33.51: Cost of a barrel of oil in March 2003.

$105.68: Cost of a barrel of oil on March 17, 2008.

U.S. Troops and Contractors in Iraq

132,000: Number of U.S. troops in Iraq in January 2007, before President Bush's escalation.

155,000: Number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq.

140,000: Number of U.S. troops projected to be in Iraq in July 2008.

35,000: Number of private security contractors operating in Iraq.

180,000: Number of private contractors operating in Iraq.

Progress Towards Political Reconciliation Made By Iraqis

3: Number out of 18 Bush Administration Benchmarks Met by Iraqi Government As of January 24, 2008.

18: Number of provinces President Bush said would be secured by Iraqis as of November 2007.

8: Number of provinces actually secured by Iraqis as of January 2008.

Bush-Republican Intransigence on Staying the Course in Iraq

8: Number of times a majority of the Senate has voted to change course in Iraq.

7: Number of times Bush Republicans in Congress have blocked changing course in Iraq.

1: Number of vetoes issued by the White House over changing course in Iraq.


Death itself is too good for this bastard. He's getting whats coming to him, everything him and his henchmen deserve. Maybe we should tie down and waterboard the whole lot of them. I mean, after all, the United States does not torture right?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I'm thinking these stats would be good to use

to show anyone who supports McCain. Just tell them he wants to stay in Iraq 100 years, show the stats, and then say, "Do you think we can really afford it?" I think it could be a powerful argument.

[Swede]

2. And who can tell what the future costs will be?