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| The Iraq Quagmire; cost of the Iraq war. | |
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| Reggie_perrin | Mar 7 2008, 04:23 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5036 U.S. military killed in Iraq: 3,973 Number of U.S. troops wounded in combat since the war began: 29,203 Iraqi Security Force deaths: 7,924 Iraqi civilians killed: Estimates range from 81,632-1,120,000 Internally displaced refugees in Iraq: 3.4 million Iraqi refugees living abroad: 2.2-2.4 million Iraqi refugees admitted to the U.S.: 3,222 Number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq: 155,000 Number of "Coalition of the Willing" soldiers in Iraq: February 2008: 9,895 September 2006: 18,000 November 2004: 25,595 Army soldiers in Iraq who have served two or more tours: 74% Number of Private Military Contractors in Iraq: 180,000 Number of Private Military Contractors criminally prosecuted by the U.S. government for violence or abuse in Iraq: 1 Number of contract workers killed: 917 What the Iraq war has created, according to the U.S. National Intelligence Council: "A training and recruitment ground (for terrorists), and an opportunity for terrorists to enhance their technical skills." Effect on al Qaeda of the Iraq War, according to International Institute for Strategic Studies: "Accelerated recruitment" The bill so far: $526 billion Cost per day: $275 million Cost per household: $4,100 The estimated long-term bill: $3 trillion What $526 billion could have paid for in the U.S. in one year: Children with health care: 223 million or Scholarships for university students: 86 million or Head Start places for children: 72 million Cost of 22 days in Iraq could safeguard our nation's ports from attack for ten years. Cost of 18 hours in Iraq could secure U.S. chemical plants for five years. Iraqi Unemployment level: 25-40% *U.S. unemployment during the Great Depression: 25% 70% of the Iraqi population is without access to clean water. 80% is without sanitation. 90% of Iraq's 180 hospitals lack basic medical and surgical supplies. 79% of Iraqis oppose the presence of Coalition Forces. 78% of Iraqis believe things are going badly in Iraq overall. 64% of Americans oppose the war in Iraq. What the "Declaration of Principles" has set according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates: "A mutually agreed arrangement whereby we have a long and enduring presence." |
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