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1 THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE

2 JOURNAL QUESTION: Are any of you planning on/thinking about enlisting in the armed forces sometime after high school? If so, why? If not, why not? OR… What have you said to a friend/family member who told you they were planning on enlisting?

3 COST About $900 billion of US taxpayers' funds spent or approved for spending through November 2010. U.S Monthly Spending in Iraq - $7.3 billion as of Oct 2009 U.S Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion U.S. Spending per Second - $5,000 in 2008 (per Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on May 5, 2008) Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 (Congressional Research Service)

4 TROOPS Troops in Iraq - Total 47,000 U.S. troops. All other nations have withdrawn their troops. U.S. Troop Casualties - 4,444 US troops; 98% male. 54% of US casualties were under 25 years old. 72% were from the US Army Non-U.S. Troop Casualties - Total 316, with 179 from the UK US Troops Wounded - 32,051, 20% of which are serious brain or spinal injuries. (Total excludes psychological injuries.) US Troops with Serious Mental Health Problems - 30% of US troops develop serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months of returning home US Military Helicopters Downed in Iraq - 75 total, at least 36 by enemy fire

5 DEATHS Journalists killed - 146, 97 by murder and 49 by acts of war
Journalists killed by US Forces - 14 Iraqi Police and Soldiers Killed - 9,889 as of Jan 31, 2011 Iraqi Civilians Killed, Estimated - On October 22, 2010, ABC News reported "a secret U.S. government tally that puts the Iraqi (civilian) death toll over 100,000," Iraqi Insurgents Killed, Roughly Estimated - 55,000 Non-Iraqi Contractors and Civilian Workers Killed - 572

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