that our disgusting so-called "President" played dress-up like an overgrown boy and pranced around an aircraft carrier under a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished". He blatantly used the military for political purposes and proclaimed an "end" to the combat in Iraq. Well, here's a comparison of the situation then and the situation now, three years after combat "ended", courtesy of Think Progress:
May 1, 2003 /Today
U.S. Troops Wounded
542 /17,469
U.S. Troops Killed
139 /2,400
Size of U.S. Forces
150,000 /132,000
Size of Iraqi Security Forces
7,000-9000 /250,500
Number of Insurgents
5,000 /15,000-20,000
Insurgent Attacks Per Day
8 /75
Cost to U.S. Taxpayers
$79 billion/ $320 billion
Approval of Bush’s Handling of Iraq
75% /37%
Percentage of Americans who Believe The Iraq War Was “Worth Fighting”
70% /41%
Bush’s Overall Job Approval
71% /38%
There's your "Mission Accomplished" Georgie Boy. Feel like playing dress up again?
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