1,000 American Soldiers Dead In Iraq

[GiovanniC]

That will be the headline on Tuesday, September 18, 2004 if we continue at the current rate.

If all things remain equal, we will have 1,078 dead American soldiers when election day rolls around.

1,170 American soldiers won't be alive for Christmas.

1,182 won't see 2005.


Using figures from: http://icasualties.org/oif/


Edited to use more conservative casualty rate of 1.76 American soldiers per day, on average, since the handover.

[opihimoimoi]

1. I hope not...its so tragic and wasteful

[GiovanniC]

3. I Hope Not Too

But we're at 932 right now, the rate of casualty seems to be holding about steady, and if anything fighting is intensifying in some areas.

As long as our troops remain, it's not a question of if, but when. And the "when" appears to be September 18 unless something changes between now and then.

[Fluffdaddy]

2. I hope not

I don't want to see it.

[LittleApple81]

5. Come on, nobody is paying attention to this. If the caskets are not

visible, if it is not the "middle class white" kids that are dying, THIS SOULLESS FUNDIE COUNTRY DOES NOT PAY ATTENTION! They only want the "towel heads" dead and minority and poor kids are expendable.

And I don't want the draft... I don't want my son to become a "War fighter" as they are referred to now instead of soldiers (to hide the fact that many of them will be mercenaries???).

I WANT THIS IRAQ WAR TO STOP!!! I WANT BUSH OUT!!! I want human beings in power.

[newyawker99]

12. Hi Fluffdaddy!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[RetroLounge]

4. Don't forget the over 12,000 battlefield casualties

Horrifically wounded, mentally scarred, men and women from the armed forces that bush* and his klan do not want you to see...

RL

[GiovanniC]

6. These Numbers Don't Take Into Account

Iraqi civilians, American civilian contractors, foreign civilian contractors, or even foreign soldiers from ally countries.

This is ONLY American soldiers.

[mopaul]

7. the first thousand are always the hardest.........

.......to hide

[GiovanniC]

8. Maybe If They Put Them

In the really good hiding spot Iraq found for the weapons of mass destruction...

Where are they hidden this week? Iran? Syria? Yemen?

[Point_n_click]

9. According to General Franks

Listening to Book Notes on Cspan radio Monday night I heard General Franks say 1,000 U.S. soldiers had already died in Iraq.

All this info while simultaneously taking blame for the "Mission Accomplished" crap.

I get the feeling he's trying to follow orders to speak in their defense while cluing us in to what they're up to or have done. After-all, he's the one that mentioned the possibility of replacing the constitutional government with a military government if another major terror attack happened in the U.S.

[GiovanniC]

10. I Don't Doubt It

But the "official" numbers don't reflect that. Could he have meant "coalition" soldiers? Because there have been more than 1000 "coalition" casualties so far.

[Ronnie]

11. A poll taken as the war was starting

said that 1,000 was the point at which most people would say the war was not worth it. So, I guess they were saying we had to spot them 1,000 bodies for them to decide it was bullsh*t.