Let's have a look at some war statistics and our national debt:

First, the war statistics:

US WAR SHEET

	Iraq	Afghanistan
Days	2,048	2,576
GIs Killed in Action	3,387	396	DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths	801	152	DoD
GIs Severely Wounded	13,553	1,645	DoD
Current Troop Deployment	146,000	30,000	Brookings, AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)	$650 Bln	$200 Bln	AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)	$261 Mil	$70.8 Mil

casualty status updated October 21, 2008

Now, let’s look at how our national debt has evolved:

Courtesy of Newsmeat.

Obama for President.

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