Friday, April 30, 2004
WELL, THEN THE WAR WAS ALL WRONG
CNN reports:
Asked how many American troops have died in Iraq, the Defense Department's No. 2 civilian estimated Thursday the total was about 500 -- more than 200 soldiers short.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was asked about the toll at a hearing of a House Appropriations subcommittee. "It's approximately 500, of which -- I can get the exact numbers _ approximately 350 are combat deaths," he responded.
"He misspoke," spokesman Charley Cooper said later. "That's all."
American deaths Thursday were at 722 -- 521 of them from combat _ since the start of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense.
Wolfowitz, an architect of the military campaign in Iraq, was responding to questions on the costs of the war. . .
Well, that's it then. It's over. Close up the shop. Withdraw the troops tomorrow. Give Hussein back his job and palaces. And, of course, send the "inspectors" back in. ¶ by Robert, Friday, April 30, 2004
CNN reports:
Asked how many American troops have died in Iraq, the Defense Department's No. 2 civilian estimated Thursday the total was about 500 -- more than 200 soldiers short.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was asked about the toll at a hearing of a House Appropriations subcommittee. "It's approximately 500, of which -- I can get the exact numbers _ approximately 350 are combat deaths," he responded.
"He misspoke," spokesman Charley Cooper said later. "That's all."
American deaths Thursday were at 722 -- 521 of them from combat _ since the start of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense.
Wolfowitz, an architect of the military campaign in Iraq, was responding to questions on the costs of the war. . .
Well, that's it then. It's over. Close up the shop. Withdraw the troops tomorrow. Give Hussein back his job and palaces. And, of course, send the "inspectors" back in. ¶ by Robert, Friday, April 30, 2004
