Counting the cost of "success" October 23, 2006
Posted by Al in : politics , trackbackPresident Bush has declared that the success of the ongoing occupation of Iraq should not be measures by the body count, but should instead be measured by the improvements in the lives of the Iraqi people. Interest given the following:
$30-40bn spent on reconstruction
None Hospitals built since invasion
200 Doctors and pharmacists murdered
15,000 Doctors who have fled abroad
3,000 out of 18,000 schools refurbished
5,000 Extra schools needed
24,000 Pupils who have fled abroad
72 Iraqi civilian fatalities reported yesterday
US casualties
2,784 killed
71 this month
Iraqi police casualties
4,000 killed
8,000 wounded in the past two years
3,000 Iraqi policemen sacked this month
Kind of makes you wonder where that $30-40bn has been spent really. Especially as if you’re an Iraqi and you’re seriously injured, always a strong possibility these days, then you’re now almost certain to die as health-care is virtually non-existent due to lack of resources.
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