Thank goodness for this
August found me a more complete scorecard than the simple civilian death count to the left.
I am the first to admit, there are almost certainly going to be civilian deaths during even the most morally justifiable and carefully executed war. Because it's, you know... a war. So we need more information to really make the "was it worth it?" calculus. Current score:
Bombs dropped: 22400
Civilian casualties: 725 (I see they're using the high estimate from the body count)
Oil wells aflame: 2
Leaflets dropped: 35,300,000
Coalition fatalities: 83
WMD sites uncovered: 0
Iraq soldiers surrendered: 5200
There's also a map of territorial control. Bookmark it... it'll save you hours and hours of CNN. In the meantime, I'm going to add a link right below the body count.
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
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