Posts tagged ‘war’
Afghanistan and Iraq, April 2011
May 3rd, 2011 at 7:27 am by Dr. Drang
The (decidedly non-US) casualty everyone is talking about isn’t in these charts, but here they are anyway. A disturbing upward trend in casualties in Afghanistan, and an unfortunate sudden increase in Iraq. I don’t think the killing of Osama bin Laden will lead to serious troop withdrawals in Afghanistan, but I can hope. And if…
Afghanistan and Iraq, March 2011
April 4th, 2011 at 9:14 am by Dr. Drang
I really don’t want to start making plots like these for Libya. Also, I was swamped with work last month and missed a lot of news. Was there any mention that we’ve passed 1500 US military deaths in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan and Iraq, February 2011
March 2nd, 2011 at 9:07 pm by Dr. Drang
US military deaths in Iraq went back down after the jump in January. Afghanistan was a mixed bag: US deaths went down again, but overall coalition deaths went up. The general downward trend for the past few months is encouraging, but the past two years have seen a spike in late spring/early summer, so it’s…
Afghanistan and Iraq, January 2011
February 3rd, 2011 at 8:18 pm by Dr. Drang
Another reduction in coalition and US military deaths in Afghanistan this month. Still high by historical standards, but well down from the peak last summer. Coalition fatalities passed the 2300 mark in January. US fatalities may reach 1500 in the next month or two; a round figure that might spur reporters to remember the war…
Afghanistan and Iraq, December 2010
January 8th, 2011 at 9:04 pm by Dr. Drang
I’m late with this post because I was out of town for a few days earlier this week and it put me off-schedule. The year ended on a slightly improved note in Afghanistan, but a single month doesn’t make a trend. 2010 saw 499 US and 711 coalition military deaths in Afghanistan, far more than…
Afghanistan and Iraq
December 3rd, 2010 at 9:13 pm by Dr. Drang
The notable Afghanistan news stories this month were that we’ve been negotiating with an impostor and that we’ve broken the Soviets’ record for sustained futility. Not so well-reported was that the military death rate didn’t drop off the way it did this time last year. Iraq, at least, is staying low.
Afghanistan and Iraq, October 2010
November 5th, 2010 at 9:04 pm by Dr. Drang
No improvement in Afghanistan (not that I was expecting any): We’re killing 1-2 Americans every day in a war that hasn’t had a purpose in years. Did a single candidate campaign to stop this? And Iraq is bumping along more or less as it has been for a year:
Afghanistan and Iraq, September 2010
October 10th, 2010 at 8:00 am by Dr. Drang
Was late in putting this post together this month. You remember the wars, don’t you?
Afghanistan and Iraq, August 2010
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:38 pm by Dr. Drang
Military deaths were down a bit in Afghanistan this past month, but not much Coalition deaths passed the 2000 mark, with little more than a brief mention in the news. I can’t stand thinking that the man I voted for is prolonging this war because of domestic politics, but I don’t know what else to…
Afghanistan and Iraq, July 2010
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:00 pm by Dr. Drang
It’s time to exhale. President Obama’s speech today closed the door on the possibility that the withdrawal from Iraq would be postponed. I’ve been half expecting some violent incident or request from the Iraqi government to upset the schedule, but I don’t see how that could happen now. There will still be casualties among the…
