When we talk about 1340 dead soldiers killed for nothing in Chimpy's eye-rak fiasco, let's not forget the 10,000 injured, 5400 of whom were unable to return to duty...Over the holidays, Slate published a piece showing eye-rak was as deadly as Vietnam, but that better medicine saved more soldiers' lives. Here's official proof from the Pentagon on this..So right now, we have about 7,000 soldiers (and families) whose lives have either ended or been ruined.
Happy New Year.
Total number of US troops wounded in Iraq surpasses 10,000 mark
WASHINGTON (AP) --
The number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003 has surpassed 10,000, the Pentagon said Tuesday in a delayed update of its casualty data.
Of the 10,252 total wounded, the Pentagon said 5,396 were unable to return to duty and 4,856 sustained injuries that were light enough to allow them to resume their duties. The total is normally reported each week, but the Pentagon had not updated the figures since Dec. 22, when the number of wounded stood at 9,981.