U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan More Than Doubled Under Obama

In yet another sin of omission, the national press corps has failed to report that more than twice as many U.S. military service people were killed in Afghanistan since Obama took office than in six and a half years of the Bush administration.

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year

Year

US

UK

Other

Total

2001

12

0

0

12

2002

49

3

18

70

2003

48

0

10

58

2004

52

1

7

60

2005

99

1

31

131

2006

98

39

54

191

2007

117

42

73

232

2008

155

51

89

295

2009

317

108

96

521

2010

499

103

109

711

2011

418

46

102

566

2012

93

16

31

140

Total

1957

410

620

2987

Nearly 100 soldiers have died in the last 122 days alone. The mainstream media must think dead soldiers under a Democrat are less dead than under a Republican. Remember when CNN ran daily body counts?

Obama, the anti-war Bush slanderer who pandered for votes from the likes of Code Pink, has just committed the U.S. to 12 more years in Afghanistan and billions of dollars in aid. Still, the MSM sycophants say nothing.

Read more M. Catharine Evans at Potter Williams Report

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