Iraq by the Numbers...and the reactions
First, let's be really clear from the outset. I am not reflexively anti-war. I skew peace over fighting in most cases, but there is a case to be made for war. To paraphrase Gwynne Dyer , being anti-war is tacitly saying that the current global situation is the best of all possible. War can be needed to upset the apple cart and put something better in its place. That does not mean being a war monger, nor supporting the neo-con agenda and its muscular projection of American power abroad. It also doesn't mean I can't be reflexively anti- this-war. This was an unnecessary and wasteful distraction from the real issues involved in terrorism and sub-state ideological violence. So here's a run down of the useless waste during this trip down the rat hole. Foreign Policy In Focus The Iraq Quagmire U.S. military killed in Iraq: 3,973 Number of U.S. troops wounded in combat since the war began: 29,203 Iraqi Security Force deaths: 7,924 Iraqi civilians killed: Estimates range from ...