Almost Half of U.S. Fatalities in Afghan War Took Place Since Obama Took Office

csnews.com ^ | 8-5-10 | Edwin Mora

[Justaham]

As of July 31, almost half of all U.S. fatalities in Afghanistan have happened on President Barack Obama’s watch. Since Obama took office in January 2009, 558 U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, out of 1,127 since the war began nine years ago, according to CNSNews.com’s tally.

And the violence is escalating. July 2010 was the deadliest month for U.S forces in Afghanistan, with 66 combat and non-combat fatalities.

Counting for both combat and non-combat deaths, the top three bloodiest months for U.S. forces all happened during Obama’s term: July 2010 (66 dead), June 2010 (60 dead), and October 2009 (58 dead).

For the 558 U.S. soldiers who have died so far on Obama’s watch, 513 (about 92 percent) were killed in combat. Those 513 combat-related deaths on Obama’s watch account for more than half of the 963 combat deaths that have taken place since the war began in October 2001.

As a presidential candidate, Obama vowed to shift the focus of U.S. military operations in the Middle East from Iraq to Afghanistan. Last year, as president, he ordered an additional 30,

[Realman30]

***************Remember when Bush was president that the MSM would announce daily totals of Iraq/Afghan war deaths?**********

Yeah. But President Bush was only concerned with oil. At least that's what I read/saw for the better part of 6 years.

[Catsrus]

I was just thinking the same thing the other day. We get no coverage of the war at all. Zip, zilch, nada, nothing. Gee, I wonder why? It was front and center daily when Bush was in office.