Rouille

From the icasualties website, I note 51 dead US soldiers in 5 days.

That means, with the current rules of thumb:

- 1500 dead Iraqi civilians in 5 days - 300 per day - the equivalent of a 9/11 EVERY DAY
- 500 wounded US soldiers - 100 a day. See the recent stories (and below) which refer to the evacuations to Germany, which fit with that number.

Left unsaid:

- how many Iraqis now hate America with their life?
- how long befroe the draft if you lose 3% of your soldiers every month (and who knows what the proportion is for frontline soldiers)??

Where's the outrage?

(At least, the media is starting to mention this. CNN.com's headline is currently Military hospital's workload doubles, with the following lead:

Battle casualties received by doctors at an American military hospital in Germany have more than doubled since the Falluja operation in Iraq began, the facility's commander told reporters Sunday. "Normally, we average 32 patients a day. In the last week, we've had an average of 70," Col. Rhonda Cornum said.