US Mil Deaths Down in July vs Previous Months

Iraq Slogger ^ | 7/21/07

[bnelson44]

Death Toll Among US Military in Iraq: Month, Year, War to Date, and Trend Lines

Posted 10 hr. 31 min. ago

US Mil Deaths	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	YTD	WTD
Fatalities	83	80	81	104	126	101	53	629	3632
Days	31	28	31	30	31	30	21	202	1585
Daily Average	2.68	2.86	2.61	3.47	4.06	3.37	2.52	3.11	2.29
Source: icasualties.org

 

[inkling]

And Harry Reid wept.

[lentulusgracchus]

What bothers me is the political mileage the Administration's enemies, both foreign and domestic, are getting from a relatively low rate of casualties. In 1968, U.S. casualties were running 400-500/week, and that in turn was relatively light compared with what a less-populous America sustained during 1943 and 1944.

[missnry]

Harry's Spin Machine will be action with this news!

[generalhammond]

But but but the Times said that attacks on US soldiers were up. Oh, who to believe???

[bnelson44]

[omega4179]

And that is during the Surge offensive when casualties should have risen. July was a very good month and AQ really got put on their heels.

[Cowboy Bob]

Interesting graph. Why is it that the Democrats always complain that the Iraq war has lasted longer than WWII (BS argument to begin with), but fail to point out the the Vietnam War was twice as long as we’ve been in Iraq?

[JLS]

I have said this several times. After about the first year of the Iraqi theatre of the War on Terrorist, I did calculations for the Civil War, WWI, WWII and Viet Nam. Not only were the KIA rate much much much higher, they were out of much much much smaller populations.

And it is not the political mileage that bothers me. What bothers me are two things:

1. The so called conservative commentators falling so quickly for the beltway consensus and failing to point out that the KIA rate in Iraq is what the military has called light in all previous wars.

2. And far far far more important the implications that the US may well not have the will to defend itself if the public can not deal with this light level of KIAs.

Of course a huge difference between the WOT and WWII is that we were on the side of Joe Stalin in WWII so the American left was unquestioningly on board for the duration.

And speaking of Joe Stalin he is partly right that one death is a tragedy but thousands are just statistics, but the anti-American left has exploited the low KIA rate compared to population. In WWII one probably DARED NOT make the undermining comments made now because anywhere one spoke or on any steet you lived some mother, father, brother, sister, wife or child had lost a family member. The KIA rate in Iraq and the overall WOT is so low, that is not the case today so the Reid, Moore, etc underminers speak without much worry of having an offended relative in their audience.

[filbert]

This war is being lost in Washington and New York, not in Baghdad and Baquabah. The more success we have in Iraq due to Petraeus’ new strategy, the uglier it’s going to get back home.

[shield]

Not if you hear the continual msm BS. And they are in full 24/7 lately downing the Iraq mission...it’s cause it’s going so well...it was different for NAM...no new media...today it’s different...we’ll win...and the rats and the left msm will be unable to stop it...

[Rodney King]

What date is that through? If its only through, say, the 15th, then it doesn’t mean much.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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MEL’s -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085111/posts

http://www.Freerepublic.com/~aloharonnie/

http://www.Freerepublic.com/~anita1/

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[bnelson44]

It is through today AND it is averaged by the days elapsed so far this month, so it is accurate.

[Rodney King]

OK, thanks.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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After Sen. TED KENNEDY pushed a post-WATERGATE Democrat Congress into cutting off all U.S. funding for the then Free South Vietnamese to fight for their own Freedom with came:

Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts

http://www.JourneyFromTheFall.com

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What Price for the still Free to pay now, I wonder, for Sen. TED KENNEDY’s pushing a new Democrat Congress into repeating themselves in a new time of war with our own Freedom directly at stake right here at home..?

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Signed:..”ALOHA RONNIE” Guyer
Veteran-”WE WERE SOLDIERS” Battle IA DRANG-1965, Landing Zone Falcon

(Photo Collection)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm

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[bray]

The Surge is Working and Victory is on the Horizon
Great Graph to explain how amazing a job our troops have done.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[Mad_as_heck]

In 1968, U.S. casualties were running 400-500/week

Its disgusting and very myopic...

If we don't get the job done now the next war - which won't be far in the future - will consume a whole generation of young Americans. This isn't out last chance but it is our last chance to win with comparatively light casualties.

God bless our troops! Americans just don't understand what their courage and determination is wining for us every day in Iraq.

[Grizzled Bear]

Anybody got the picture of Katie Couric crying?

[MNJohnnie]

In the chart it says these figures were posted:

Posted 10 hr. 31 min. ago