Posting to Resume

Shortly. I've been working on my suggestions for the Democratic Party. This is a quick follow-up to the post immediately below, regarding DoD Casualty Statistics. The DoD no longer makes an archive of the casualty reports available, but I noted four days ago, on November 12th that the Pentagon reported 791 KIA "post combat" and 4100 WNRTD (Wounded, Not Returning to Duty) "post combat."

Four days later, that count stands as follows:
831 KIA, 4478 WNRTD

That's 418 soldiers disabled or killed over the last four day period, almost 110 soldiers per day. Hopefully, this is just a blip attributable to the combination of intensive operations in Fallujah and an insurgent flare-up throughout Central Iraq. I don't see how U.S. Forces can sustain that kind of casualty rate on a regular basis without necessitating an increase in troop strength.