Casualties in Iraq The Human Cost of Occupation | ||
American Military Casualties in Iraq | ||
Date | Total | In Combat |
| American Deaths | ||
| Since war began (3/19/03): | 4493 | 3528 |
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) | 4347 | 3424 |
| Since Handover (6/29/04): | 3627 | 2899 |
| Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): | 256 | 128 |
| Since Operation New Dawn: | 66 | 39 |
| American Wounded | Official | Estimated |
| Total Wounded: | 32021 | Over 100000 |
| Page last updated 12/13/14 12:39 pm EDT | ||
U.S. Wounded | ||
Others |  | |
| Other Coalition Troops - Iraq | 319 | |
| US Military Deaths - Afghanistan | 2356 | |
| Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan | 1127 | |
| Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq | 1,487 | |
| Journalists - Iraq | 348 | |
| Academics Killed - Iraq | 448 | |
| Sources: DoD, MNF, and iCasualties.org | ||
| U.S. lacks mechanism to accurately track troops wounded in Iraq Also see The Missing Wounded. American Count Dates and sources of Americans killed in Iraq since 5/1/03 are documented in this file. Admittedly the file is incomplete, for the Department of Defense does not maintain old records. All data was compiled from http://www.defenselink.mil. If something is amiss in the data collection, please contact Margaret Griffis. |
I'm against putting our troops there, because for one thing, it's never a quick in and out. Look at how long the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have lasted. Also, too many never make it out alive. Not to mention our troops coming back with physical, mental and emotional issues that very few people care to address. They are doped up, nobody wants to hire them, broken marriages, and they're basically kicked to the curb, if they commit suicide...oh well.
Besides that, war is a very expensive proposition financially:
"The number of American troops who have died fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan totaled 6,802 as of April 2014. Those individuals came from every part of the United States and its territories, and the great majority were young men. Many were married, with children, and all left families with a lifetime of pain.
They died in a host of horrific ways. They were killed by insurgents’ deadly targeting or mangled in the dangerous equipment with which they worked. The causes of death include hostile rocket-propelled grenade fire and the improvised explosive devices that have been responsible for roughly half of all deaths and injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Their deaths were also the result of truck rollovers and other vehicle crashes, electrocutions, heatstroke deaths, friendly fire, and suicides in theater.
Official Pentagon numbers recognize only some of the war dead, however. Uncounted are the many troops who return home and kill themselves as a result of war wounds such as PTSD. The military does not report suicides among non-active duty reservists, and the Department of Veterans Affairs still does not report suicides among all veterans, resulting in dramatic under-reporting of the scale of the problem.
While the mortally wounded US soldier is the “gold standard” of war deaths for many Americans, the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced fatalities among large and unrecognized numbers of private contract workers. In April 2014, the over 61,000 contractors in Afghanistan outnumbered the uniformed US troops there. [1] While contractors have been killed in large numbers, a full and accurate accounting has not yet been done by the Pentagon.
An estimated 6,800 contractors working for the US have been killed in the two war zones; the true number is likely much larger. This is the consequence of the fact that the majority of US contractors are the citizens of other countries, many of whom appear not to have had their deaths or injuries reported. (Page updated as of May 2014)"
http://costsofwar.org/article/us-killed-0
http://antiwar.com/casualties/
The Human Cost of Occupation
American Deaths Since war began (3/19/03): 4493 3528 4347 3424 Since Handover (6/29/04): 3627 2899 Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 256 128 Since Operation New Dawn: 66 39 American Wounded Official Estimated Total Wounded: 32021 Over 100000 Page last updated 12/13/14 12:39 pm EDT Other Coalition Troops - Iraq US Military Deaths - Afghanistan Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq Journalists - Iraq Academics Killed - Iraq Sources: DoD, MNF, and iCasualties.org
U.S. lacks mechanism to accurately track troops wounded in Iraq
Also see The Missing Wounded.
American CountDates and sources of Americans killed in Iraq since 5/1/03 are documented in this file. Admittedly the file is incomplete, for the Department of Defense does not maintain old records. All data was compiled from http://www.defenselink.mil. If something is amiss in the data collection, please contact Margaret Griffis.
As AZJim already pointed out, Pearl Harbor was an attack on the United States.
I agree that America is greatly divided, and I think that the 24 hour "news" cycle, and the biases of the main-stream media contribute to that greatly. Rather than report facts, and discuss resolutions to the issues, they take sides, repeat sound bites over and over, and basically get everyone in an uproar. Although we are all Americans who want what's best for ourselves and our country, we have different ideas on how to accomplish that. Bickering between the parties will likely never end.
By the way, I have great respect for you and your opinions, and I thank you for your service to our country. I think those who have served have a greater understanding of what war entails, and the true costs of war, regardless of their political affiliation. Many of us who have never served in the military, or been closely affected by war, can learn a lot by just listening to facts and opinions.
That's another thing, I would like to see someone become president again that actually knows first-hand what it is to serve in some God-forsaken place. I believe we will always have to do battles/wars but I don't like the idea of someone calling the shots that isn't willing to do it themselves. Just like bosses who've never got their hands dirty. Where are all the candidates that have served our country. I'd love seeing a real hero in the White House. I know, only happens in the movies
