{"id":6822,"date":"2009-12-02T08:29:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T13:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2009-12-02T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T17:01:16","slug":"all-in-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=6822","title":{"rendered":"All In The Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press h compares Iraq, before and after the war<\/a>, with perhaps some surprising results:<\/p>\n

U.S. TROOP LEVELS:<\/p>\n

_October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.<\/p>\n

_Nov. 30, 2009: 115,000.<\/p>\n

CASUALTIES:<\/p>\n

_Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of Dec. 1, 2009: at least 4,366.<\/p>\n

_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of Nov. 30, 2009: 31,572.<\/p>\n

_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (non-hostile, using medical air transport) as of Oct. 31, 2009: 39,232.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I did expect that; it’s not unusual that many more troops are injured in accidents than in combat.<\/p>\n

_U.S. military deaths for November 2009: 11, one of the lowest monthly death tolls since the war began.<\/p>\n

_Deaths of civilian employees of U.S. government contractors as of Sept. 30, 2009: 1,442.<\/p>\n

_Iraqi deaths in November 2009 from war-related violence: at least 93, the lowest full monthly figure since The Associated Press began tracking Iraqi deaths in May 2005<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d snark that it’s more dangerous to be a civilian in Chicago than an American serviceman in Iraq – but that’s been true for almost two years<\/a>.\u00a0 What is <\/em>shocking is that the death rate, per capita, isn’t a whole lot different than the per capita murder rate in Chicago <\/a>.<\/p>\n

_Assassinated Iraqi academics as of Nov. 23, 2009: 432.<\/p>\n

_Journalists killed on assignment as of Dec. 1, 2009: 141.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What?\u00a0 No count of lawyers and “reality TV superstars?”<\/p>\n

COST:<\/p>\n

_Over $705 billion, according to the National Priorities Project.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cheaper than healthcare, and has the salutary effect of killing Al Quaeda terrorists.<\/p>\n

OIL PRODUCTION:<\/p>\n

_Prewar: 2.58 million barrels per day.<\/p>\n

_Nov. 24, 2009: 2.34 million barrels per day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Halliburton!\u00a0 Halliburton!\u00a0 Halliburton!<\/p>\n

ELECTRICITY:<\/p>\n

_Prewar nationwide: 3,958 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 4-8.<\/p>\n

_Nov. 4, 2009: Nationwide: 5,890 megawatts. Hours per day: N\/A.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But…but…didn’t Michael Moore assure us that Iraq before the war was a paradise?<\/p>\n

TELEPHONES:<\/p>\n

_Prewar land lines: 833,000.<\/p>\n

_Oct. 4, 2009: 1,250,000.<\/p>\n

_Prewar cell phones: 80,000.<\/p>\n

_Oct. 4, 2009: an estimated 19.5 million.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which may be one reason we’re winning; the insurgents are too busy texting to aim.<\/p>\n

WATER:<\/p>\n

_Prewar: 12.9 million people had potable water.<\/p>\n

_Oct. 12, 2009: 21.2 million people have potable water.<\/p>\n

SEWERAGE:<\/p>\n

_Prewar: 6.2 million people served.<\/p>\n

_Oct. 12, 2009: 11.5 million people served.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How long ago was it that the left assured us that things were worse, and would never get better?<\/p>\n

The history of the Cold War teaches us that the left’s next steps will be denial, bargaining, anger and co-option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press h compares Iraq, before and after the war, with perhaps some surprising results: U.S. TROOP LEVELS: _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup. _Nov. 30, 2009: 115,000. CASUALTIES: _Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of Dec. 1, 2009: at least 4,366. _Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of Nov. 30, 2009: 31,572. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-war-on-terror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6822"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6838,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6822\/revisions\/6838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}