U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

[rjs246]

Gates was one of the Iran-Contra crooks who got off scot free.

Not only that but he's a family friend of the Bushes and has been honing his skills as the president of some college for the past several years. QUALIFICATIONS GALORE!

[Diomedes]

The final count for October was 105.  24 have perished so far in November.  Total count is 2,842.

In other news, the Iraqi health minister is saying 150,000 civilian casualties since the U.S. invasion.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/wireStory?id=2641908

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Muslims claim they're winning the war; vow to bomb White House

Ugh.

[Diomedes]

Well, they ARE winning the war.

53 U.S. Casualties so far in November, which is a much lower per day rate than last month: 2.44 per day vs. 3.55 per day.  2,873 total to date.

Iraq itself is in total civil war...outright chaos.  Mission Accomplished indeed.

[Diomedes]

George W. Bush's war on Iraq has now surpassed WWII in length of involvement, making it the fifth longest war in U.S. history.  Soon, it will eclipse the Civil War for the fourth longest.

Vietnam War ...... 8 years, 5 months
Revolutionary War  .........  6 years, 9 months
Afghanistan  ...........  5 years, 1 month
Civil War ......... 4 years
Iraq ............  3 years, 8 months
WWII  ............... 3 years, 8 months
Korean War  ........ 3 years, 1 month
War of 1812  ......... 2 years, 6 months
U.S.-Mexico War  ............  1 year, 10 months
WWI  ............  1 year, 7 months
Spanish American War ............  8 months
Persian Gulf War  .......... 1.5 months

[Drunkmasterflex]

The thing is you can't really compare wars, not one of those wars that was listed is like this one at all.  Vietnam is the only one with similarities as far as fighting goes.  The others were force on force. 

[Diomedes]

You can't compare WWII to the Revolutionary war, either.  It's not a matter of comparison..more a matter of perspective.

The fact is that the U.S. is currently engaged in two wars at once, both of which have been going on for a long time, neither of which show any prospect of ever ending.

It's worth noting.

[Diomedes]

37 U.S. soldiers dead in December in Iraq so far.  8 days.

[SD_Eagle5]

Closing in on 3000 deaths in Iraq

[Diomedes]

[Voters]Get out of Iraq[/Voters]

[Bush]Send more troops[/Bush]

[Rome]

At least Bush had an exit strategy in Vietnam.

[SD_Eagle5]

[Voters]Get out of Iraq[/Voters]

[Bush]Send more troops[/Bush]

I got word from a couple of my buddies that that's exactly what they're doing after the holidays.

[Rome]

I hope the next assclown who takes office has a better plan of getting us out of a foreign country we had no business entering the in first place than Nixon did.

[Butchers Bill]

I hope the next assclown who takes office has a better plan of getting us out of a foreign country we had no business entering the in first place than Nixon did.

There is no "good" way out, just like there wasn't in Vietnam.  Nixon's plan was actually brilliant and worked, right up until Watergate.  If not for Watergate, North Vietnam would not have violated the peace treaty Nixon forced them to sign in 1973 because they knew he would have bombed them again.  Ford allowed South Vietnam to fall so the US could "heal".

Iraq, if we are not careful, will end up the same way.  I don't have the answer but all of the options are zesty.

[Diomedes]

And why are all the options zesty?  Because the U.S. never should have gone in at all.  Like I said from the beginning.