Obama's Wars
You write "US casualties are far fewer than in traffic accidents on American streets." That is not a new condition. US casualties have ALWAYS been far fewer than traffic accidents on American streets.
According to icasualties today, there were 4221 confirmed US deaths in Iraq since the beginning of the war in 2003. According to the US Dept of Transportation, US traffic fatalities were
2007 41,059//
2006 42,708//
2005 43,510
2004 42,836//
2003 42,884
The way I read that more Americans have died about every five weeks on the highways than have been lost in five years of war in Iraq.
Not a slam, but in a column as data heavy as that article, it could be misleading.
About Pakistan
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According to icasualties today, there were 4221 confirmed US deaths in Iraq since the beginning of the war in 2003. According to the US Dept of Transportation, US traffic fatalities were
2007 41,059//
2006 42,708//
2005 43,510
2004 42,836//
2003 42,884
The way I read that more Americans have died about every five weeks on the highways than have been lost in five years of war in Iraq.
Not a slam, but in a column as data heavy as that article, it could be misleading.
About Pakistan
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
posted by FOD at
4:48 PM
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