PrintJuly 24, 2010
Graph of the Day for July 24, 2010
"In the 18 months since the surge began, the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated. June was our highest casualty month of the war... George Bush and John McCain don't have a strategy for success in Iraq - they have a strategy for staying in Iraq... Senator McCain said - just months ago - that ‘Afghanistan is not in trouble because of our diversion to Iraq.' I could not disagree more... I will make the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be. This is a war that we have to win." Barack Obama, July 2008.
US Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Sources: Iraq withdrawal plan via CBO. Actual troop levels from Brookings' Iraq and Afghanistan Indexes.Hoven's Index for July 24, 2010
US military fatalities in Iraq:
2008: 314
2009: 149
2010 so far: 39
US military fatalities in Afghanistan:
2008: 155
2009: 312
2010 so far: 238
Sources: Brookings' Iraq and Afghanistan Indexes.
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