Battlefield breakdown: The full price of war in Iraq (CNN This Weekend)

RamboLiberal

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Battlefield breakdown: The full price of war in Iraq (CNN This Weekend)

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Four years into the war, the costs in lives and money are dear.

The human toll: More than 3,500 Americans have died in Iraq; more than 25,000 have been wounded.

The financial cost: $500 billion in spending, at a rate now of more than $2 billion a week.

There is another price: More than two-thirds of active duty Army brigades are rated not ready for their mission because of manpower or equipment shortages, most of which can be directly attributed to Iraq. It is a readiness domino effect.

The numbers for the National Guard are even more alarming: Nearly 90 percent of Guard units not in Iraq are rated not ready for missions.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/27/battlefield.breakdown/index.html

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Thu Jun-28-07 09:13 PM
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1. Yup.

This maladministration has been just dandy for the armed services.

Gonna take us 10 years to bring them back up to snuff.

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Barrett808

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Fri Jun-29-07 09:08 AM
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2. k & r

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