As it happens, the rate at which Americans are being killed and maimed has increased since Proconsul Paul Bremer fled the country two days early on June 28, dashing the hopes of the Bush administration that replacing Bremer with our own Iraqi strongman would somehow fool the locals into thinking the Army of Occupation had left too.
Why at this rate, now 898 ... no, wait, it jumped to an even 900 while I was writing this ... American fatalities, we might cross the 1,000 mark well before the Republican convention.
Here's an idea: First, bookmark these two Web sites: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, which offers lots of detailed and precise statistics on the invaders (900 U.S. fatalities, 3,331 wounded so badly that they could not return to duty and another 2,472 wounded but not bad enough to keep them from going back into battle) and this one Iraq Body Count, which gives a best estimate of the number of Iraqis killed (somewhere between 11,252 and 13,215). Then, we all know how Americans like to keep score, set up an office pool to take bets on the exact date we cross certain thresholds ... 1,000 dead Americans, 15,000 Iraqis ... or better yet, the total number of Americans killed by the time George Bush is nominated at the Republican convention ... the possibilities are endless.
Boston Globe: US casualty rate high since handover
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