Approaching grim milestone. 1000 US Military deaths on Obama's watch

[GSLevel9]

http://icasualties.org/

Afghanistan

2009 - 302
2010 - 488

Iraq

2009 - 133
2010 - 60

=983



sucks.

[polichick]

1. Just pawns in their game. nt

[dflprincess]

3. That's how chess is played

the pawns are sacrificed for the "royalty".

[GSLevel9]

2. wow... ONE reply. just wow... not as fun as a wikileaks thread I guess.

[mtnsnake]

4. It's ironic how the war has taken a back seat now that Bush is gone

It's just not as important anymore, but getting Bush's obscene tax cuts is.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

5. Ironic. Sickening. Whatever. (n/t)

[jeanpalmer]

7. Remember when Pelosi grandstanded

about cutting off funding for the war. Think it was in 2006.

Now, it's full speed ahead. Don't hear anything about it.

[bullwinkle428]

6. The lack of attention to these wars is one of the most depressing

things in the world to me.

[golfguru]

8. 1000 dead so corrupt Karzai can remain in power

This absurd Afghan war is going from bad to worse.

[jeanpalmer]

9. House approves billions for wars without debate

on a 341-48 vote.

House approves billions for wars without debate

By ANNE FLAHERTY
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Friday passed legislation that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations.

This year's bill is mostly noteworthy for its broad bipartisan support....

Unlike during the height of the Iraq War when anti-war Democrats tried to use the legislation to force troops home, the House passed the defense bill Friday with almost no debate on Afghanistan.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEFENSE_SPENDING?SECTION=HOME&SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

More change for the worse.

[Exilednight]

10. And that doesn't include military contractors. It is sad that most people will not

acknowledge that Obama did nothing to end the war in Iraq. All he did was replace our public Army with a private one, then claimed victory.