Operation Iraqi Freedom U.S. Casualty Status

    Total deaths stand at 2,936 as of 10 a.m. Monday, December 18th.

    The Department of Defense did not list the monthly deaths for the past three months due to the fact that the Pentagon has classified those numbers.  The chart is HERE!

    I am wondering why the Pentagon classified the numbers for the past three months? All of America already knows that they have been the most violent for our troops in Iraq.

    I smell something here and it ain't pretty!

 

Robert Gates is Now Secretary of Defense

    Robert M. Gates  was sworn in today as the secretary of defense, replacing Don Rumsfeld at the post.

    In his acceptance speech, he thanked Rumsfeld for distinguished service and wished the Rumsfeld family the best.

   He also towed the usual Bush line  that we cannot fail in the middle east (Iraq) because failure would come back to haunt Americas for decades.

      The text from his swearing in ceremony is HERE.