• Twenty-nine American lives were lost last month in Iraq. At least 270 more troops have been wounded in February.

  Meanwhile, the carnage remains steady on the Iraqi side as well.  Indeed, in a sad turn of events, Iraqi casualties have jumped in the last month:

  NEW YORK The number of Iraqis killed in February rose by 33 percent over January, reversing a six-month trend of reduced violence, in a setback to the U.S. military plan to curb the bloodshed ravaging the country, Agence France Press reports.

  The combined figures obtained by AFP from the interior, defence and health ministries showed that the total number of Iraqis killed in February was 721, including 636 civilians, compared with 541 dead in January.

  The Associated Press count was very similar. AP emphasized that this was considered a “minimum” number with the toll likely higher.

  Aside from the unending flow of lives lost, our continued presence in Iraq is costing Americans an untold amount of taxpayer money.

  When you break down the costs, our Iraq presence is costing Americans an astonishing $3,845 per second.

  Nearly 4,000 Americans dead, nearly 30,000 wounded, and nearly $4,000 per second.  Five years later, this is the cost of waging a war that should have never been initiated, and the cost of continuing a blunder that should have ended a long time ago.

  

  
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