In George W. Bush's War of Choice -- Iraq by the Numbers

The following numbers reprinted from the Stars and Stripes:

• U.S. troops killed: 4,414
• U.S. troops wounded in action: 31,897
• Number of U.S. troop amputees: 1,135
• Iraqi civilian deaths: 113,166
• War's operating cost: $747.6 billion
• Per American: $2,435
• Per Iraqi: $25,828
• Estimate of the total cost of the war: $3 trillion
• Cost of maintaining 50,000 troops from now to end of 2011: $12.75 billion
• Cost of medical care and disability compensation for Iraq war veterans over their lifetimes: $500 billion+.

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