Can someone please tell me......

[One_Bad_SHO]

I see where both of you are going with this and both of you are wrong. Yes, Iraq went a month without any combat related deaths. The simple fact of the matter is that now that the foreign fighters have left Iraq, the emphasis on killing Americans is also gone. At no point was there any emphasis, among Iraqis, to kill americans. They were interested only in sectarian fighting. From day 1 of the insurgency there, it was foreigners that had emphasis on killing Americans.

Where are those foreign fighters now? In Afghanistan were there are more deaths than at any time since early 2002.

That's pretty much what I was getting at. During Bushs administration we pretty much cleaned the foreign fighters out of Iraq. All Obama has done is take over and put his name on Bushs victory, per say.

[Total_Blender]

Do Blackwater and other contractors count as "combat casualties"? Its my understanding that while we may not have as many troops in Iraq lately, there are still a lot of contractors, correct?

[BanginJimmy]

Do Blackwater and other contractors count as "combat casualties"? Its my understanding that while we may not have as many troops in Iraq lately, there are still a lot of contractors, correct?

Blackwater was kicked out of iraq about 2 years ago. The contractors that are there now are pretty much only convoy security and personal security.


And no, they do not count as combat casulities.