4118 dead. over 85 thousand wounded. Enough?

[n2doc]

Not for bloody bush. it's never enough.

"US military occupation forces in Iraq suffered at least 38 combat
casualties from July 2 to July 8, as the official casualty total
reached at least 65,889. The total includes 33,664 dead and
wounded by what the Pentagon classifies as "hostile" causes and
many more than the 32,187 last reported March 1 dead and
injured from "non-hostile" causes.*

The actual total is over 85,000 because the Pentagon chooses not to count
as "Iraq casualties" the approximately 20,000 casualties discovered only
after they returned from Iraq -mainly brain trauma from explosions.**

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by routinely reporting only the total killed (4,117 as of July 8) and rarely mentioning the 30,349 wounded in combat. To further minimize public perception of the cost, they cover for the Pentagon by ignoring the 31,325 (as of March 1)*** military victims of accidents and illness serious enough to require medical air evacuation, although the 4,117 reported deaths include 764 (up one) who died from those same causes, including 145 suicides as of March 1.

http://www.juancole.com/2008/07/troops-injured-outside-combat-ignored.html

[Mike Nelson]

1. More than Enough

Not for Bush people, however. They adore death.

[flvegan]

2. "Mission Accomplished"!!!1!

Oh, wait...that's not what Il Douche meant.

[jgraz]

3. Aw, c'mon! Tony Snow just died!!

Can't you show a little respect for the dead and not mention the people he helped murder? Someone's feelings might get hurt!


(Sadly, we now need to add the :sarcasm: tag for such posts :puke:)

[ColbertWatcher]

4. The last list of war casualties that I saw did not include Pat Tillman.

Apparently victims of friendly fire don't count as dead.

[gateley]

5. Interesting. I wonder if they count the suicides. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

7. Probably not. n/t

[MadMaddie]

12. Friendly fire, car accidents, death because

of lets say the flu or some illness, nope. What else if they don't directly die on the battle field and die months later, nope.

No this administration has made sure that the casualty numbers don't appear to be high so they exclude a number of catagories. That's why they don't want the press covering the bodies that come home.

Absolutely criminal.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Agreed.

And apparently they do it with PTSD diagnosis too.

[madrchsod]

6. it`s well over a million dead and wounded

let`s not forget the Iraqi people who have suffered during this 26 year long war

[Imagevision]

8. In the past two months there were more troop deaths in Afgan over Iraq

[wildbilln864]

9. Here, here!

Arrest Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rummy!

[Tutonic]

10. Can't follow information. I've read that there are close to 1 million

Iraqi casualties from this Occupation. What does the 65,889 refer to? US forces?

[bluesmail]

11. ...as a mater of fact, YES

[Olney Blue]

13. It needs to end.