Friday, September 16, 2005

Numbers Talk

From Harper's (August, 2005) Index:

Number of new U.S. soldiers the Army would need in 2006 to replenish ranks abroad : 80,000

Percentage of this goal it expects to meet : 9.9

Percentage change since 1996 in the average recruitment cost per new U.S. soldier : +84

Number of killed or captured suspects reported so far by U.S. media to be Al Qaeda’s “number 3” man : 4

Minimum number of people convicted on “terrorism-related charges” since 2001, according to Alberto Gonzales in April : 200

Actual number convicted on charges related to terrorism or national security : 39 (see page 48)

Number of Iraqi troops that have been “trained and equipped,” according to President Bush in April : 150,000

Number that the U.S. military considers ready to deploy independently : 1,500


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posted by Mary Godwin @ Friday, September 16, 2005   1 comments

1 Comments:

At 5:40 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

If the Army needs 80,000 but expects to meet less than 10% of that, does that spell D-R-A-F-T?

 

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