So...Did We Win Yet?

[kpete]

click here and weep:

<http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/05/img/iraq_war_web1.bmp>

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The full cost of the Iraqi war, so far...


The Iraq War Ledger: A Tabulation of the Human, Financial, and Strategic Costs

Human costs

* Total deaths: Between 110,663 and 119,380
* Coalition deaths: 4,712
* U.S. deaths: 4,394
* U.S. wounded: 31,768
* U.S. deaths as a percentage of coalition deaths: 93.25 percent
* Iraqi Security Force deaths: At least 9,451
* Total coalition and ISF deaths: At least 14,163
* Iraqi civilian deaths: Between 96,037 and 104,7542
* Non-Iraqi contractor deaths: At least 463
* Internally displaced persons: 2.6 million
* Refugees: 1.9 million



Financial costs

* Cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom: $748.2 billion
* Projected total cost of veterans’ health care and disability: $422 billion to $717 billion



Strategic costs

* Empowered Iran in Iraq and region
* Created terrorist training ground.
* Loss of moral authority.
* Diverted resources and attention from Afghanistan.
* Stifled democracy reform.
* Rising sectarianism in region



http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/05/iraq_war_ledger.html

[FiveGoodMen]

1. K&R

[KG]

2. there was something to be won?

[Bluebear]

3. Peeance, freeance!

[Demeter]

4. If There's an Award for Being Corporate Tools, Yeah

or stupidest war since grenada, or....