Our troop deaths are now over 3100. The latest is 27,000 U.S. troops wounded. Also, for the thousands more that are
wounded mentally, the promises made are not being met. Report Says Fixes Slow To Come at Walter Reed - washingtonpost.com.All of these numbers are horrendous and it was hard to swallow the Democratic candidates response to the Tim Russert's question last night about ending the war when/if they enter office on January 20, 2009. Basically there was no guarantee that we'd even be out by 2013 (the end of the first term). There are simply no guarantees in war and if the administration had realized that before we went in, maybe they would have planned better.
There are also 25,000 detainees in military custody in Iraq, so at this point, the country will run out of men by next week.
General Robert Gates has asked Congress to give him another $190 billion for the war in 2008; $42 billion more than original asked for. This will bring likely bring us over the Trillion dollar mark considering we have spent more than $800 million on both Afghanistan & Iraq since 9/11. This is what the terrorists wanted, right? 9/11 will bankrupt the United States. Increase In War Funding Sought - washingtonpost.com
The Blackwater controversy continues and the stats are not working in their favor. Blackwater Tops All Firms in Iraq in Shooting Rate - New York Times. These guys are like the Jack Bauer of security companies. They shoot everyone.
Oh yeah, and then there is this: Bin Laden may have just escaped U.S. forces - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com
