{"id":9001,"date":"2011-10-21T02:46:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T02:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=9001"},"modified":"2011-10-21T02:46:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T02:46:52","slug":"us-deaths-in-afghanistan-obama-doubles-entire-bush-era-total","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2011\/10\/us-deaths-in-afghanistan-obama-doubles-entire-bush-era-total\/","title":{"rendered":"US Deaths in Afghanistan: Obama Doubles Entire Bush-Era Total"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/afghanistan-war-civilians.jpg?resize=448%2C326\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"326\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Figures Show Overwhelming Increase in Military Casualties<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color:#000000;\">by Jason Ditz, October 17, 2011<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">A grim new milestone was reached in the US occupation of Afghanistan this week, as the death toll in less than three years under President Obama<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justforeignpolicy.org\/node\/1043\">has now more than doubled<\/a> <span style=\"color:#000000;\">the number of US soldiers slain during President Bush\u2019s seven plus years in the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The figures put the US death toll at 575 during Bush\u2019s era in Afghanistan, but with the repeated escalations of President Obama 1,153 troops have already died in just 33 months, with no end in sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Indeed, the 33 months haven\u2019t seen a flat rate of deaths for US soldiers either, but have been increasing since President Obama took over, with 2009<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/icasualties.org\/oef\/\">more than double the rate<\/a> <span style=\"color:#000000;\">of the last year for President Bush, and 2010 dramatically higher still. 2011, though still in progress, looks to be much worse than 2009, suggesting the momentum is worsening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Despite extremely ugly metrics, the Obama Administration has continued to insist that the war is going quite well by their estimation, today saying the Taliban\u2019s<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/afghanistan\/story\/2011-10-17\/taliban-weakens-in-south-afghanistan\/50807280\/1\">inability to destroy a hydroelectric dam in the Helmand Province<\/a> <span style=\"color:#000000;\">proved their \u201cweakness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2011\/10\/17\/us-deaths-in-afghanistan-obama-doubles-entire-bush-era-total\/\">Fuente<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figures Show Overwhelming Increase in Military Casualties by Jason Ditz, October 17, 2011 A grim new milestone was reached in the US occupation of 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