Your Republican Government: By the Numbers

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Iraq

Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq:

139,000

Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S.

85.7

Weeks since the Pentagon developed a plan to draw down U.S. forces in Iraq to roughly 40,000 by mid-2005:

98

Approximate amount appropriated by Congress for Iraq operations so far:

$218 billion

Approximate amount spent by the U.S. in World War I:

$205 billion

Approximate amount spent in Iraq by the U.S. last week:

$1.03 billion

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) found:

0

Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq:

1,886

Number killed since the President announced the end of major combat:

1,747

Number reported wounded by the Defense Department:

14,265

Approximate number of medical evacuations of U.S. military personnel performed since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom:

55,000

Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through August 27, 2005:

269

Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War:

97

Number of Iraqi military and police killed since training began (June 2003):

3,051

Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (November 2003):

5,000

Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (June 2005):

15 - 20,000

Estimated number of 107 Iraqi military and special police battalions that are capable of operating independently:

3

Total amount of taxpayers' money spent by Halliburton that the Defense Contract Audit Agency has deemed either excessive or insufficiently documented:

$1.47 billion

Amount charged to American taxpayers by Halliburton to build a movie library for its employees:

$152 million

Number of movies in the library:

10,000

Total number of nations contributing troops to Iraq as part of President Bush's "coalition of the willing" at some point during the war:

37

Number of these nations that either have withdrawn or plan to withdraw their troops from the coalition:

14

Average size of troop contributions by nations with troops currently deployed to Iraq, excluding the United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, and Italy:

186

Amount of the $13.6 billion pledged by the international community for Iraq's reconstruction that had been dispersed as of May 2005:

$603 million

Foreigners kidnapped in Iraq last month:

22

Foreigners kidnapped during the five previous months combined:

19





War on Terrorism


Days since September 11, 2001 that Osama bin Laden has remained uncaptured:

1,454

Days after bombing Pearl Harbor that Japan surrendered to U.S. forces:

1,365

Number of times President Bush mentioned the "war on terror" in one month before the 2004 elections:

71

Number of times in the six months following the 2004 elections:

66

Chances of a WMD attack in the next ten years, according to leading arms experts:

70 percent

Number of discovered cases of potential illicit smuggling of nuclear or radiological material out of the former Soviet Union last year:

200

Percent of former Soviet nuclear material stockpiles secured under Nunn-Lugar counterproliferation programs:

26

Number of terrorist suspects the Bush Administration claims have been convicted since September 11, 2001:

200

Number that have actually been convicted:

39

Total hours of wiretap recordings related to counterterrorism that the FBI has failed to review:

8,000

Average time the FBI requires to hire contract linguists to review the tapes:

16 months



U.S. Military Personnel


# Readiness/Strain

Total National Guard and Reserve personnel currently deployed:

145,953

Percentage of the Army's Third Infantry Division currently serving a second tour in Iraq:

50

Number of Marine battalions that are currently serving or preparing to serve their third combat tour in Iraq:

5

Of the 333 Army National Guard infantry, military police, armor, and Special Forces units, the number currently combat-ready without reinforcements:

6

Percent of Army Reserve currently ineligible for deployment because of recent deployments, lack of training, medical reasons, etc.:

84

Value of total Reserve Component equipment shortage, beginning Fiscal Year 2005:

$15.21 billion

Army National Guard equipment shortage, as a percentage of the total:

76.7

Shortage of Captains, who serve as unit-level leaders, in the Army Reserve:

52 percent


# Recruiting and Retention



Recruits needed per month for the rest of the fiscal year, if the Army is to meet its annual goal:

12,396.5

Highest monthly total of Army recruits this year:

8,086

Number of months the Marine Corps missed its recruiting goals between January and April 2005:

4

Number of months the Marine Corps missed its recruiting goals in ten years before January 2005:

0

Prior to 2004, years since the Army National Guard last missed its annual recruiting goal:

11

Consecutive months the Army National Guard has missed its monthly recruiting goals:

9

Number of the six Reserve Components that met their recruiting goals last month:

2

Rate of loss of Army captains and lieutenants, the Army's junior officers, in 2004:

8.5

Average rate of loss of Army captains and lieutenants, 1996-2004:

7.3

Resignation requests submitted by Army Reserve Officers in 2001:

15

Resignation requests submitted by Army Reserve Officers, September 2003-September 2004:

370

Percent of Army enlisted special operations personnel leaving the force in 2004:

13

Percent of Army enlisted special operations personnel leaving in 2003:

6


# Morale


Percent of troops in Iraq reporting that their unit's morale is "low" or "very low":

54

Increase in the divorce rate among Army officers since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom:

317 percent





North Korea


Estimated minimum number of nuclear weapons likely produced by North Korea during the Bush Administration:

4-6

Estimated number produced by North Korea from 1953 to 2000:

1-2

Potential number of nuclear weapons North Korea could possess by next year if Six-Party Talks continue to produce no disarmament agreement:

11



Darfur


Estimated number of conflict-related deaths per day in Darfur, Sudan:

500

Estimated number since President Bush took office:

400,000

Days since Secretary of State Powell first called the situation "genocide":

362

Number of days after the Senate passed the Darfur Accountability Act as an amendment to H.R. 1268 that the Administration wrote a letter pressuring House Republicans (successfully) to remove it from the final bill:


1

Number of Darfuris expected to require food assistance during the August-October "hunger season":

3.5 million

Conflict-affected persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad:

3.2 million

Total population of the Darfur region:

6 million



Homeland Security


Factor by which passengers on mass transit systems exceed passengers on airlines:

16

Funding per passenger the Bush Administration has spent to secure mass transit systems since September 11, 2001:

$0.01

Cost of security upgrades needed to protect rail and transit systems as estimated by U.S. transit authorities:

$6 billion

Amount of funding designated specifically for rail and transit security in President Bush's budget:

$0

Total amount of funding added to the Fiscal Year 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations bill for rail security in the wake of the July 7 London Bombings:

$0

Number of provisions in federal law requiring chemical facilities to establish safeguards against a terrorist attack:

0

Number of chemical facilities at which a terrorist strike could threaten the lives of over 1 million people:

123

Percent of cargo arriving at U.S. ports inspected for WMD:

 
Keep running on it dennis! Keep running on it!

You lost in 2004 on it, you'll lose Senate and House seats in 2006 on it and you'll fail to win the White House 2008 on it.

You're on a losing issue. Blaming America for every single problem won't win you anything.

However since I am a believer in free speech I recommend you get this out to as many people as possible. You'll continue to lose time after time after time.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Keep running on it dennis! Keep running on it!

You lost in 2004 on it, you'll lose Senate and House seats in 2006 on it and you'll fail to win the White House 2008 on it.

You're on a losing issue. Blaming America for every single problem won't win you anything.

However since I am a believer in free speech I recommend you get this out to as many people as possible. You'll continue to lose time after time after time.[/QUOTE]

The bigger the head, the bigger the target. Arrogance is a killer in politics.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Oh, I forgot I'm a Representative or Senator......

Shoot away! TAKE AIM AT THE NON-POLITICAL ENTITY![/QUOTE]

Hmm...... like bush or republicans haven't become increasingly arrogant about their power......
 
I don't see anything in my post about blaming America for all its problems.

However, I am blaming the Republican leadership.

They wanted to run the country. They now are in complete charge. Things are going to hell in a handbasket. These are the facts.

Are you staying there shouldn't be any accountability for these numbers, all of which are sourced and accurate? Do you only believe in accountability if it involves people outside the Republican party?


[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Keep running on it dennis! Keep running on it!

You lost in 2004 on it, you'll lose Senate and House seats in 2006 on it and you'll fail to win the White House 2008 on it.

You're on a losing issue. Blaming America for every single problem won't win you anything.

However since I am a believer in free speech I recommend you get this out to as many people as possible. You'll continue to lose time after time after time.[/QUOTE]
 
Actually, it did if it replaced the incompetent fuck who let the child go hungry with someone who did the job better.


[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Dennis, no attack ever fed a hungry child.[/QUOTE]
 
Dennis SHUT UP! Don't you know you should obey our superiors without QUESTION! Bush is NEVER wrong but you're disagreeing with him! The FBI is coming out to your house. /end sarcasm
Seriously PAD I don't hate America, I hate these Nationalistic pricks in charge of our 2 branches of government right now and come 2006 I hope they get their asses booted out. Oh btw if they keep pushing eventually people WILL revolt, what do you suggest they do then PAD? Use brute force?
 
Of course you won't revolt. You're a coward that would rather sit behind your keyboard and bitch than ever take any real action to change the perceived wrongs in the world.

You're not going to give up your air conditioned house or apartment, cable TV, computer, broadband and pantry and refrigerator full of food. You're going to sit there and do absolutely nothing because you have it good. You're going to bitch and moan and complain without doing a thing.

[quote name='evanft']Just ignore PAD. Everyone else does.[/QUOTE]

Yet you keep acknowledging my name and don't try and refute anything I say.

Why is that?
 
Oh I've done part of my duty already. I called my Senator(first time I ever called him) and told him why I want him to vote NO on repealing the Estate Tax. Granted he's a Republican but I made an effort. I'm also going to call and request he re-institute the regulation or law that says Medical Isotopes must only be derived from low enriched Uranium in the U.S.
 
Uh, because I'm not upset with the state of things? I happen to think we have life pretty damn good and I'm not complaining.

Ah yes, that estate tax thing will be pushed back until next year. It will however be eliminated permanently.
 
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