There have been a little over 3700 U.S. troops killed in Iraq and another 27,500 or so wounded.
According to figures released in June 2007 by the military, the estimated insurgency strength is 70,000. There have been roughly 55,000 insurgents killed in Iraq by U.S. forces. There are no figures on wounded insurgents, but if the ratio is the same as U.S. forces there must have been over 400,000 insurgents wounded.
Something isn't right about these numbers. How could a force of only 70,000 insurgents give 160,000 of the finest equiped soldiers such a hard time? Where are these wounded insurgents getting medical treatment?
Any force that can still be present on the battlefield after suffering 55,000 killed, must be larger than 70,000 men. As Hamlet might say, something is rotten in Iraq. What is up with these numbers?
2007-08-29
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