Thursday, March 13, 2008
Add it up Add It Up: Over there
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Years since U.S. invasion of Iraq: 5
Total number of U.S. military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan: 7,284
American troops killed in Iraq: 3,987
American troops from Georgia killed in Iraq: 123
American troops from metro Atlanta killed in Iraq: 36
American troops from Georgia wounded in Iraq: 858
Youngest Georgian killed in Iraq: 19
Oldest Georgian killed in Iraq: 57
Sources: Military Times, Brookings Institution, U.S. Dept. of Defense, National Archives
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The Global War On Terror statistics -- DoD's terminology, not mine -- combine the casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. This week's Add It Up was to mark the service of those who are deployed in Iraq or who have lost their lives there. I respectfully agree with Nast that toppling Saddam Hussein played no role in preventing a post-9/11 terrorist attack on our soil. There are positive sides to the U.S. entering Iraq -- number of schools opened, number of voters in the last election. But I thought it was better to see what the state of Georgia and we as a nation and have lost, rather than what another country has gained.
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