No Americans were harmed in this report

I believe that our President will be making a great deal in this election year of the fact that he has gotten all our troops out of Iraq. Not much news since; things must be great. I have been doing some web "surfing" to see what the news is concerning Iraq since our troops left. Here are some numbers from what I read.

• The last American troops left Iraq for Kuwait December 18, 2011.
• December 22, 2011, in various attacks/bombings in Iraq 63 died, 160 were injured.
• January 5, 2012, 73 dead, 149 injured
• January 14, 2012, 53 dead, 141 injured
• January 27, 2012, 32 dead, 71 injured
• February 23, 2012, 83 dead, 250+ injured
• March 7, 2012, 14 dead, 24 injured
• March 12, 2012, 14 dead 13 injured

I make no claim that the above list is complete; it is what I found in a brief search of on line news reports since December 18, 2011. The numbers are probably on the low side, but the total from above is 332 dead, 809+ injured in bombings and other attacks in Iraq.

It appears to me that this President's goal for Iraq was to get our troops out. (Let's say we won and leave.) According to Defense Department numbers available on the internet, over 3400 Americans died in combat in Iraq since 2003. But that is history, isn't it. All is good, our troops are out, no more fighting. Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all.