Replies to post #236869 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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The Bush Administration’s aims when it invaded Iraq in March 2003 were to bring it democracy and transform the Middle East.

Instead, Iraq has reverted to its three constituent components: a pro-western Kurdistan, an Iran-dominated Shiite theocracy in the south, and a chaotic Sunni Arab region in the center.

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Bush Lied, Soldiers Keep Dying.
3,014 U.S. Military Fatalities in Iraq (thru today)
357 U.S. Military Fatalities in Afghanistan (thru today)
22,032 U.S. Military Maimed in Iraq (DoD Update: 07-Dec-06)
58,704 Iraqis Reported Killed (thru today; source: Iraq Body Count)
655,000 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: The Lancet)