We don’t have an accurate count of Iraq’s casualties because Marla Ruzicka — who was trying to get some transparency about the impact of this war on Iraqi people and families — was herself killed near Baghdad. We do know that Iraq’s casualties are in the many tens of thousands.
However, we do have a very accurate count of the number of U.S. military killed in this war. Here is a breakdown by state:
Alabama 34
Alaska 5
American Samoa 5
Arizona 51
Arkansas 29
California 221
Colorado 30
Connecticut 18
Delaware 8
District of Columbia 3
England (U.S. Citizen) 1
Micronesia 2
Florida 93
Georgia 62
Guam 1
Guatemala (U.S. Citizen) 1
Hawaii 6
Idaho 14
Illinois 84
Indiana 43
Iowa 25
Kansas 21
Kentucky 32
Louisiana 48
Maine 9
Maryland 32
Massachusetts 33
Michigan 67
Minnesota 27
Mississippi 34
Missouri 30
Montana 10
Nebraska 20
Nevada 13
New Hampshire 7
New Jersey 42
New Mexico 14
New York 100
North Carolina 44
North Dakota 10
Northern Mariana Islands 3
Ohio 102
Oklahoma 36
Oregon 34
Pennsylvania 106
Puerto Rico 18
Rhode Island 8
South Carolina 32
South Dakota 11
Tennessee 46
Texas 190
Utah 9
Vermont 14
Virgin Islands 3
Virginia 60
Washington 40
West Virginia 14
Wisconsin 49
Wyoming 6
Then, when you have a bit of time and can think about what this “war of choice” — as Richard Haass has appropriately called it — has cost America in terms of the lost contributions of these people, stroll through the names and neighborhoods of this list here.
— Steve Clemons
