U.S. Fatalities for the first week of July 2007
There were 27 deaths in this first week in July.
In the first week of March we had 24 fatalities.
In the first week of April we had 28 fatalities.
In the first week of May we had 27 fatalities.
In the first week of June we had 28 fatalities.
While the numbers for July look comparable to the past 4 months, it is deceiving because July has tended to be a month with less casualties, as the table below shows.
July 2003 48
July 2004 54
July 2005 54
July 2006 43
We already have 27 in the first 7 days this month and so this will be another record month unfortunately. If you look at the chart above, you will see the 4 years of the war totalled from Aug. to July of each year, so that the comparisons are the same. The trend continues to grow. And the last point on the chart shows data included for July of 2007 with the 27 casualties, and you know that number is going to increase, and the slope of the line will go up steeper.
Republican Senator's Richard Lugar and Pete Domenici know that this surge is only a temporary thing and that the price of continuing with this strategy will cost America its blood and treasure without realizing any benefits for us, nor for the Iraqis. The Democrats must also choose a different strategy, as we are also getting impatient with them and many of us are beginning to see them as part of the problem as well. This next election may be the time for a complete change in both parties and electing those who will do the bidding of the overwhelming majority (70-75%) of Americans saying people want the troops brought home. It's right for America AND for Iraq and the sooner the better, as both Lugar and Domenici realized this in their breaking with the President and Vice President this past week. Wake up America and get involved or you don't deserve your freedoms.
Labels: Americans, Democrats, Iraqis, Republicans, Senator Pete Domeneci, Senator Richard Lugar, U.S. Fatalities
posted by Charles Amico at 6:31 AM
1 Comments:
I think Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) said it best - "You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." It never ceases to amaze me how some aristocrat in an expensive suit can stand up on TV and speak of coming victory. There will never be victory in Iraq. Never. Even if the government stabilized, even if tribal concerns were met democratically, even if we could provide them with the proper resources for self-sustainability; the fact is that as long as there are American soldiers on the ground, terrorists will still come from all around for a chance to kill them. I see many similarities to Vietnam, and yet all of these war mongering politicians seem to have forgotten the hard-learned lessons from our own past.
When are we going to stop sending "targets" to Iraq and bring Americas sons and daughters home?
It seems that the only way to get a politician's attention is to threaten them financially. So why can't we hold them personally AND fiscally responsible for their ethical sins? I bet they would be a little more hard pressed to make unselfish and ethically appropriate decisions.
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