A 500% Increase !!!

It's not surprising that the casualty rate in Afghanistan has increased from when Bush was president vs. since Obama has become president. Critics would be quick to point out that the increase would be due to Obama's surge, and they would be right to a point. But, the percentage of increase is staggering, and the leftwing American Pravda has little to say regarding this fact. Remember how we were forced to look at rows of soldiers' caskets as they arrived in the U.S. when Bush was president? I don't recall seeing ANY caskets in the last 2 1/2 years, do you?

This is a disgrace that the anti-war Left can remain so quiet just because their guy is sitting in the White House. Kinda reveals what their true priorities are, doesn't it? They don't give a rip about dead soldiers; they just hate Republican politicians.

Read from Now the End Begins:

US Casualty Rate In Afghanistan Under Obama Increases 500%, Yet No Antiwar Protests. Why?

"So where is Code Pink?

Remember all the Liberal antiwar protesters who camped out in front of Bush’s ranch in Crawford, TX? They stayed there for well over a year, made all the headlines, and demanded that our troops be brought home. Seemed like a worthy cause, right? So, now that the US death toll in Afghanistan has increased 500% under Obama, I have yet to hear one, single word of protest, not to mention our current illegal war in Libya. Seems like Code Pink was not antiwar war death, they were only anti-Bush.



'The average monthly casualty rate for U.S. military forces serving in Afghanistan has increased 5-fold since President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009.

1,540 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan since Oct. 7, 2001, when U.S. forces began fighting in that country to oust the Taliban regime that had been harboring al Qaeda and to track down and capture or kill al Qaeda terrorists.

During the Bush presidency, which ended on Jan. 20, 2009 with the inauguration of President Obama, U.S. troops were present in Afghanistan for 87.4 months and suffered 570 casualties—a rate of 6.5 deaths per month.During the Obama presidency, through today, U.S. troops have been present in Afghanistan for 29.1 months and have suffered 970 casualties—a rate of 33.3 deaths per month.

The 970 U.S. casualties that have occurred while President Obama has been commander in chief equal 63 percent–or almost two-thirds—of all U.S. casualties that have taken place in the nearly-ten-year-long war.

889 of the 970 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan that have occurred during the Obama presidency—or about 92 percent—have been combat-related casualties. During Obama’s presidency, U.S. troops have given their lives in the service of their country in Afghanistan at an average rate of more than one per day.” source – CNS News"