Let's compare Iraq to other wars and other Presidents!

Remember These Facts

Comparing the number of U.S. wounded and dead with the size of the force deployed, in Vietnam the casualty rate was 6.2%; in World War I and World War II, just above 6.5%. On D-day, June 6, 1944, more than three times as many servicemen were lost as died in Iraq in the past year.


The Iraq war rate seems high only because our unstated benchmark is the 1991 Gulf War (total casualty rate: 0.14%). This is not meant to deprecate the sacrifices of our soldiers; for friends and family members, no statistics can assuage their grief. But, from a historical vantage point, what's remarkable is how few casualties we've suffered, not how many.


When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the following ...


FDR... led us into World War II.
Germany NEVER attacked us: Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.


Truman... finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea NEVER attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,334 per year.


John F. Kennedy... started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam NEVER attacked us.

Johnson... turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.

Clinton... went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia NEVER attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.


In the two years since terrorists attacked us President Bush has ... liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot,and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.


The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but... It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51 day operation.


We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.


It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.


Our Commander-In-Chief is doing A--O.K


Hell he is doing better than A-OK. President Reagan had to wait until long after he was out of office to realize the good his presidency did. By the time his contribution to world good was realized, he was likely unaware of it.


It seems everything Bush does has an almost immediate and positive affect on our world. It will likely take years for the ignorant in our world to fully realize this.