A chilling observation from LynnTheDem on
Democratic Underground:
US troops [are] dying faster in Iraq
Counting up how many days it took to reach 500, then 1,000 and now 1,500 US service people killed, we can easily see that they're dying faster now than ever.
The table's below the fold . . .
It took 295 days to reach the benchmark of 500 U.S. dead soldiers from Iraq.
Date 1/9/2004
Total 500
Interval in days 295
242 days would pass before the next 500 death milestone would be reached, the interval in days reduced by 53.
Date 9/7/2004
Total 1000
Interval in days 242
It's now 177 days since we reached the next 500 death benchmark - 1500. The interval in days reduced by 65 from the previous benchmark and by 118 from the first 500.
Date 2/3/2005
Total 1500
Interval in days 177
LynnTheDem links to this source: http://icasualties.org/oif /