No End In Sight Response Zach DeBiase
Accounted For U.S. Spending About $900 Billion of US tax payers funds spent or approved for sending through November 2010 U.S Monthly Spending in Iraq - $7.3 billion U.S Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion U.S. Spending per Second - $5,000 in 2008.
Unaccounted For.. $9 billion of US taxpayers' money Also 190,000 guns including 110,000 AK-47 rifles. $549.7 million in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors.
Missing/ Wasted $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. $10 billion wasted.
Cost To Deploy $390,000 to deploy one United States soilder. Total 47,000 U.S. troops as of Nov 30, That totals to $18,330,000,000.
Casualties 4,439 US troops 98% male 91% non-officers 82% active duty 11% National Guard 74% Caucasian 9% African-American 11% Latino 19% killed by non-hostile causes 54% of US casualties were under 25 years old 72% were from the US Army
Wounded 32,033 wounded soilders 20% of which are serious brain or spinal injuries. These statistics exclude psychological injuries.
Other Stats.. 30% of US troops develop serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months of returning home. Total 316, with 179 from the UK were non troop casualties.
Insurgency Daily Insurgent Attacks, Feb Daily Insurgent Attacks, July Daily Insurgent Attacks, May Estimated Insurgency Strength, Nov ,000 Estimated Insurgency Strength, Oct , ,000 Estimated Insurgency Strength, June ,000
Bibliography White, Deborah. "Iraq War Facts, Statistics at January 30, Iraq War Casualties, Spending." Liberal & Progressive Politics & Perspectives. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar