John Kevin Fabiani has posted an article by the International Herald on July’s Death Toll in Iraq
I like how the article puts into perpsective what this would mean in terms of American death toll would the tables be turned:
n average of more than 110 Iraqis were killed per day in July,according to figures from Iraq’s Health Ministry and the Baghdad morgue. At least 3,438 civilians died violently that month, a 9 percent increase over the total in June and nearly twice as many as in January….When the July tally for total civilian deaths is added to Iraqi government numbers for earlier months, the total indicates that at least 17,776 Iraqi civilians died violently in the first seven months of this year, or an average of 2,539 per month.
America is roughly 11 times the population of Iraq (rounding down). That means the proportional civilian death rate in America would be: 1,210 civilians slain daily, 37,818 civilians slain in July, and 195,536 civilians slain in 7 months – an average of 27, 929 civilians slain per month.
John also provides a link to an article in New York Times in which George Bush is referenced as mentioning his frustration with the dissatisfaction about what is going on in Iraq:
More generally, the participants[in a private lunch meeting with Bush on Monday] said, the president expressed frustration that Iraqis had not come to appreciate the sacrifices the United States had made in Iraq, and was puzzled as to how a recent anti-American rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad could draw such a large crowd. “I do think he was frustrated about why 10,000 Shiites would go into the streets and demonstrate against the United States,” said another person who attended.
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