Six Years
Posted on | March 31, 2007
Blogger Ken Marable extrapolates US casualties in Iraq to January 2009, when the next president will be sworn in. Nearly five thousand Americans will have died by then—note that previous “surges” have not dented the steady death rate—but the hawks will still be looking for their Magic Pony that is always just around the corner.
This unwavering line, and the lives and families it represents, is why Congress needs to stand its ground on setting a withdrawal date. The only shift in the angle of this line was when the administration’s incompetence led to the insurgency gaining full steam. Nothing Bush has done before or since has caused this line to level off even remotely. It just steadily climbs at the same rate for years now.
Bush’s war of conquest and occupation is a loser.
