June's 2 week total of Fatalities in Iraq

U.S. Military fatalities for the Iraq war in the first 2 weeks of June totaled 42. For the entire month of June 2006 there was a total of 61 fatalities.

U.S. Military fatalities for the Iraq war in the first 2 weeks of May totaled 50. For the entire month of May 2006 there was a total of 69 fatalities. For the first 2 weeks of April, 2007 there were 51 fatalities so we are on our way for another record month for fatalities.

The hot summer months of June, July and August in Iraq hopefully will keep the death rate down as it did last year. U.S. Fatalities in July of 2006 were 43 and in August of 2006 were 65, for comparison. This comes of a record May 2007 where we lost 127 compared to 69 in May of 2006.

Things can't get better without a diplomatic solution and our President and his Secretary of State seem to have gone AWOL in that area. This while the Palestinian territory is in flames. It is only a matter of time before the terrible suicide bombings begin again to inflict terror on the innocent in Israel. Madness is everywhere now in the Middle East being unleashed by a war of choice in Iraq. September will not bring those in charge to change direction as their “surge” has increased the violence to a point where both the President and his supporters of the war like McCain and Giuliani will see a “worse catastrophe ensuing” should we leave. Our continued presence there has created a “worse catastrophe ensuing”, so stop making this a self-fulfilling prophecy. Bring the troops home.