Just some arithmatic

Date	Total	In Combat
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03):	2701	2198
Since "Mission Accomplished":(5/1/03)	2564	2099
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03):	2234	1891
Since Handover (6/29/04):	1835	1566
Since Election (1/31/05):	1265	1081

A war poem follows:

4.6875 * 3.5 = 16.40625 (Number of meters we'll need for Iraq, thus far)
75 / 16 = 4.6875 (Number of meters per year of vietnam war in DC memorial)
750 / 3 625 = 0.206896552 (We're killin' 'em [our] @ 20% the rate of before)
750 * 16 = 12 000 (Estimated number of dead if Iraq is as long as Vietnam)
2 701 / 3.6 = 750.277778 (total # of US dead in Iraq divided by time in Iraq)
58 000 / 16 = 3 625 (Total number of dead averaged out per year)
1 975 - 1 959 = 16 (length of time US was involved in Vietnam)

...and in the end, there are 3 kinds of lies: Lies | [Damned]Lies | Statistics...

Which one has been remembered?

More accurately, forgotten?

-L