Stars & Stripes LTTE on Iraq: Sell!

[lebkuchen]

More Iraq war statistics

A few statistics were missing from your five-year by-the-numbers piece (March 25): 2.7 million Iraqis displaced (as of March), 100,000-plus Iraqi civilians dead, 0 weapons of mass destruction, $12 billion per month operating costs.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=54076

scroll down to the middle for more, though not much more needs to be said, by a Capt. in Iraq.

[Trajan]

1. Thanks, as always, for your insight into the thinking of real military personnel

Good to see you about still .... thanks for this ...

[lebkuchen]

2. good to see you, too, Trajan

Bush has so screwed over the military, words escape me. The Capt. said it all.

[lebkuchen]

3. a kick for the Capt.

US AM time.

[Supersedeas]

4. Numbers also ignored by the Network Media 'news' outlets

[hootinholler]

5. 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths?

The Captain is using DOD numbers for that one. Most independent studies put it over 1 million.

-Hoot