Video: Iraq By the Numbers
We Need a Strategic Reset
President Bush can no longer ignore the realities of the war in
Clearly, it's time for a strategic reset in Iraq:
Casualties – and costs – are increasing
3,644: U.S. troops killed
26,953: U.S. troops wounded
$463 billion: Cost of the war as of 2007
$633 billion: Estimated cost of the war by 2008, including escalation
160,000: Number of U.S. troops in Iraq
The situation on the ground is deteriorating
19: Average number of daily attacks by insurgents, June 2004
178: Average number of daily attacks by insurgents, June 2007
Americans are less safe
1: Iraq’s current ranking among all nations as a training ground for terrorists
83: Percentage of Americans who don’t think our presence in Iraq is eliminating terrorists who might attack the United States
21: Percentage of the 2007 U.S. national security budget to be spent on Iraq
8: Percentage of the budget to be spent on homeland security
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