(Don't blame Woodburydadd! That's an exact quote from the official White House press release, in which the Leader of the War on Terror goes on to say, "I'm confident democracy will prevail in Iraq. I know a free Iraq will lead to a more peaceful world. So we ask for God's blessings on all who are involved in that vital mission. Thank you very much. Have a good holiday*.")
Meanwhile, in Britain at least some of their leaders are willing to fess up to the public. "It will take 10 to 15 years at least [before troops can be fully withdrawn]. It is another Cyprus. The Iraqis just cannot cope with the security situation and won't be able to for years," said a senior member of the Commons Defence Select Committee (which was unable to visit Baghdad because the security situation was too dangerous).
Let's do a little math: Thus far the U.S. has had 1,321 killed and 9,844 wounded in George W. Bush's adventure in Iraq. Now, just using the averages (ignoring for the moment that the rate is increasing), that would mean we can expect 9,700 to 13,800 dead and somewhere between 72,000 103,000 wounded by the time this is over.
Using the same analysis the number of confirmed Iraqi dead would be in the range of 62,500 and 89,500.
Independent (UK) - Ten more years? Senior MPs warn British troops will be in Iraq for a decade, as Blair in Baghdad proclaims: 'We are not a nation of quitters'
* Christian leaders immediately announced a boycott of the Bush Administration in protest of George W. Bush's use of the politically correct term holiday instead of the preferred Merry Christmas. "The War against Christmas is a tactic of the new fascism: a culturally hedonistic barbarism, a sensual gluttony that Pope John Paul II has aptly entitled 'the culture of death.' "
(Just kidding. They didn't really announce a boycott of George W. Bush ... but the quotation from Tidings, the newspaper of the Catholic Los Angeles Archdiocese of Los Angeles, is real.)
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