Update, 1 May 2007. Things are even worse one year later.
It wasn’t funny a month ago and it definitely wasn’t true 3 years ago today. Today, we are so far from “Mission Accomplished” that no one sees a clear way out of the mess in Iraq.
Let’s take a look at some of the numbers behind the story:
| May 1, 2003 | Today | |
| U.S. Troops Wounded | 542 | 17,469 |
| U.S. Troops Killed |
139 | 2,400 |
| Size of U.S. Forces | 150,000 | 132,000 |
| Size of Iraqi Security Forces |
7,000-9000 | 250,500 |
| Number of Insurgents | 5,000 | 15,000-20,000 |
| Insurgent Attacks Per Day | 8 | 75 |
| Cost to U.S. Taxpayers | $79 billion | $320 billion |
| Approval of Bush’s Handling of Iraq | 75% | 37% |
| Percentage of Americans who Believe The Iraq War Was “Worth Fighting” | 70% | 41% |
| Bush’s Overall Job Approval | 71% | 38% |
The table above was was created by the American Progress Action Fund and originally published here.