BAGHDAD, July 31 -- Five American troops died in July as a result of combat in Iraq, by far the lowest monthly U.S. death toll of the five-year war.Great month, mission there accomplished. God bless the families of the 13 who gave their lives to their country.
The number of Iraq-related American troop fatalities in July -- a total of 13 when noncombat deaths and the discovered bodies of two missing soldiers are included -- is a dramatic drop from just over a year ago, when more than 100 troops a month were confirmed dead for several months in a row.
Heard a news report yesterday that Iraq now has 530,000 trained troops. What the hell do they need us for? That's one soldier for about every 50 people. If the U.S. had that ratio we'd have an army of 6 million.
Well done, mission accomplished. Time to move 30,000 of our freshest and our best to the real war on terror -- send the other 120,000 home and do it in six months, not 16.
