46 Months since George Bushs Missions Accomplished speech.
29,984 Chemical Munitions US Government said Saddam Hussein had.
10,000 Teaspoons" of anthrax US Government said Saddam Hussein had.
0 WMD's found
3218 US Deaths
134 UK Deaths
655,000 Iraqi deaths (Lancet)
95 Journalists killed
300 Non-Iraqi's Kidnapped
800 terrorist attacks per week avg (NY Times)
1.5m Displaced Iraqis
$700b Cost of War to US Government
£3.1b Cost of War to UK Government
$9b Lost & unaccounted for
9.6 Avg Hours homes have Electricity
$13b Amount Halliburton and its divisions have have secured for contracts in Iraq
25% Iraqi Children Suffering from Chronic Malnutrition
32% Population with access to clean drinking water
25% under-fives malnourished.
70% schools closed due to insecurity, bombings, kidnappings.
82% Iraqis "strongly opposed to presence of coalition troops
Gee, Lucy, that list confirms what an outstandng success it's been. I can understand now why George is keen to get started in Iran now.
ReplyDeleteOf course, some people actually learn from their mistakes! Cheers.
Ugh.
ReplyDeleteEvery cloud has a silver lining apparently, hard to think of one from the Iraq adventure except Saddam is gone, but with hindsight, was it worth it?
ReplyDeleteNo silver lining as far as I'm concerned. None. Perhaps there will be one someday, but I'm not sure what it will be.
ReplyDeleteMore like an OILY lining......
ReplyDeleteSo LucyP, is TonyB still planning a troop reduction within the year? I suggest beating GeorgeW with a banger to get that conversation going. We've done so much harm there and here in the U.S...the world, really.
ReplyDeleteI thought a "banger" was a sausage, or is that an old-fashioned meaning?
ReplyDeleteYes, banger = sausage. My nod to LucyP ;)
ReplyDeleteBanger, chipolata, a piece of 4x2, actually beating him with anything would be a good thing. As far as i know Jodie, there are still plans to start withdrawing our troops starting this summer. I just hope there is not plans to redeploy them to another middle eastern country next door.
ReplyDeleteNo civilians killed by terrorists in the US since the invasion.
ReplyDeleteNo more shut downs of the largest financial district in the world.
Could have been better:
Wish no Iraqi civilians suffered.
Wish no troops suffered.
But, worth it.
I said it before - if you really believe what you post, you won't do it anonymously.
ReplyDeleteBesides, it wasn't an "invasion". Invasions don't start at the INS office.
That wasn't me, btw, in case you were wondering, Joe. I'm not as attached to the coinkydink notion as I used to be. Plus, anonymizing is for wimps.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think it was you. I'm wondering NOW, though. :-)
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