Weapons and violence by the numbers

Building on the theme of major U.S.screw ups in Iraq, we have a new story. The Pentagon cannot account for 14,030 weapons. Last week recall it was the missing $500 million, lost somewhere in Iraq. That would be our taxpayer money that was earmarked to fight the insurgency. This week its lost weapons. Kind of makes you wonder what the totality of the screw ups is at this point. I assume we are told a figure or an amount that only represents part of the total.

US weapons missing in Iraq

Looking at the following list in one lump sum, provides a distinct feeling quality to this Iraq war. Notice the seventh story down. It about sadistic British soldiers who would beat up those Iraqis who would not remember their assigned nicknames. This is the sadist of your deepest nightmare. We have to also assume that this sort of soldier, the sadist, a very special individual indeed, is right there in the thick of it, helping to secure the hearts and minds. I hope the sarcasm is noticeable. Here is a partial list of blasts and violence in Iraq over October 2006:

30 dead 60 injured, Monday October 30

41 killed in a series of blasts, Thursday October 19

Churches targeted in Iraq blasts, Sunday October 29

Car bomb kills 10, Monday October 16

A series of bomb attacks kills dozens, Sunday October 15

17 Iraqi policemen killed in Basra, Sunday October 29

Iraqis beaten if they could not remember their nicknames, Friday October 27

Facts and figures on Iraq violence, Thursday October 26

In pictures 4 dead from roadside bomb, Wednesday October 25

10 US soldiers killed, Wednesday October 10