US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113

(AP) — As of Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,353 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is three fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.

Vote for McSame and another 4,100 will end up in body bags. But that's okay with the RADICAL REICH ya know.... Anything else would be UNAmerican.....

That's 4113 people that should still be with their wives, husbands, children, parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, neices, nephews, and cousins. Think of the number of people each death touches. All because George W. Bush had to outdo his dad to prove he's better.

George W. Bush’s grudge match – Iraq. And he couldn’t even do it honestly. Rather than relying on the truth (which would have meant war was not necessary) he and his administration lied – and lied repeatedly. It shows a level of pathological indifference to the truth. And to prove that point, we’ve got 4,000 plus soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines dead with 40,000 injured. That does not include the 80,000 Iraqi’s killed or Iraqi injured.

Then George W. Bush has the gall to travel around Europe complaining about the perception that he’s a war mongerer. If the shoe fits, George. Then he and Dick Cheney have the audacity to want another war – this time with Iran. Truth be told, they both should be imprisoned, not walking around as free men. They are just plain sick.

lmao. Sometimes you people amaze me.

but not today.

But you never amaze anyone else.

Thank God we found WMDs and bin Laden, so that makes everything A-OK! Whew.

We did find Bin Laden. Don't you remember? He was hiding in a cave somewhere in Afghanastan with his cronies.

Of course, specifically *which* cave that is has yet to be determined.......................

Motozak2 wrote:

We did find Bin Laden. Don't you remember? He was hiding in a cave somewhere in Afghanastan with his cronies.

Well, Bush's mission was accomplished. He made the world safer for big oil. We would have found Bin Laden if we hadn't contracted the task out. Oh well, Bush doesn't think about Bin Laden much anymore or at least he said so.

Herb, Deane feel free to defend your boy on this one.

You'd think George W. Bush could have gotten Afghanistan right. But the situation there is deteriorating, and largely because of our involvement in Iraq. You’d also think George W. Bush and Dick Cheney would have been smart enough to focus the ire of the United States on the one country where 9/11 was hatched. But no, instead they dump nearly everything into Iraq, home of WMD’s and Islamic terrorists, making Afghanistan an afterthought. Now, the Taliban is making a major resurgence and Osama bin-Laden is still on the run. NATO is asking for more US troops in Afghanistan, but George W. Bush and Dick Cheney want war with Iran. I really hope someone at West Point authors a textbook someday on how the civilian leadership of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz caused one of the great military debacles in modern history.

Well, Bush's mission was accomplished. He made the world safer for big oil.

Wow, I was about to post "The oil companies are making record profits and successfully locked the country into paying almost $5/gallon for gas, which is cutting not just into peoples' savings but also into their budget for basic necessities; and also getting the online pundits to demand 'drilling everywhere,' for what is still most likely to be an irreplaceable natural resource, instead of using the time to develop alternate technologies; all the while discrediting ethanol and biofuels, and blaming them for the rest of society's problems. Yup, 'Mission Accomplished.'"

Then I read that post. Says everything I was going to say much shorter.

And Dick Cheney's secret energy meeting with oil bigwigs paid off handsomely.

lmao. Sometimes you people amaze me.

but not today.

Like back in 99' when YOUR side was kicking Clinton's ASS every Fin day on radio, TV and in print???? YOU guys were amazing! And to this very day YOUR still giving Slick Willy shit!
AMAZING!

Amazing. I didnt realize that I had a side or that it was kicking Clintons ass in 99.

I was pretty stoned in 99 so if thats what I was doing then thanks for reminding me.

Someone tell me what side I am on. I dont believe in god or church, want more gun control, support Vitalogys right to gay marriage, hate the welfare system and want tighter immigation control.

and mission was accomplished, but not for the people too stupid to realize what the mission was.

Tell us then, what was the stated mission and how was it accomplished?