kateoplis:

US soldiers killed: 4,481  

Seriously wounded: 32,195  

Psychological damage: 30% of US troops develop serious mental health problems within 3-4 months of returning home.

Journalists killed: 229 

Iraqi Police & soldiers killed: 10,125

Estimated Iraqi civilian deaths: Between 108,000 and 150,000 although there’s criticism that that only includes deaths reported by media agencies.

Coalition deaths: 318

Private contractor deaths: 550

Approved & spent: $900 billion taxpayer money through Nov 2010.

Lost & unaccounted for: $9 billion and $549.7 million in spare parts shipped to contractors.

Lost and reported stolen: $6.6 billion dollars earmarked for Iraq reconstruction, reported on June 14, 2011 and called “the largest theft of funds in national history.”

Missing: $1 billion in equipment provided to the Iraqi security forces. 

Mismanaged & wasted: $10 billion, per Feb ‘07 Congressional hearings.

Halliburton charges Pentagon has called unreasonable & unsupported: $1.4 billion

Annual air-conditioning cost in Iraq & Afghanistan: $20.2 billion

Percent of professionals who have left Iraq since 2003: 40%

Iraqi physicians before the Invasion: 34,000. Those who left: 12,000. Those murdered: 2,000.