How many bullets per Iraqii do we need?

[StephanieMarie]

Number of US terrorism trials brought before a jury since 9/11 = 1
Number of terrorism convictions resulting = 2
Number of them dismissed in June due to a "pattern of mistakes" = 2
Revenue generated by Halliburton under Cheney from deals with Iraq under Saddam = $30,000,000
Estimated revenue generated by Halliburton in 2003 through subsidiaries in Iran = $63,506,000
Value of the Halliburton shares owned by NYC Fire Dept Pension Fund = $3,359,095
Number of overseas bullet suppliers the US Army contracted with in 2002 = 1 ; in 2003 = 5
Minimum number of bullets the US military purchased for use in 2003 = 1,500,000,000
Average number of bullets per Iraqi this represents = 58
Number of major weapons systems the Pentagon has under development = 77
Total number of federal executives in 1960 = 451, in 2003 = 2592
Minimum number of countries with a greater capacity to produce nuclear weapons that Iraq at the time of the US invasion = 35

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Well the soldier that was just court martialed ....

and found guilty of murdering an Iraqi soldier that he claimed he had "consensual sex with and then got angry" only needed 11 bullets from his carbine to waste the 17 year old.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Consensual sex with the victim? WTF?

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Nice long thread for ya, with link to original article

Right here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1083214

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Source? thx.

[StephanieMarie]

4. Harper's Index, October 2004

Sorry about that.

[Lefty48197]

6. Sorry. There aren't enough bullets available either.

Like the body armor and the vehicle armor, Bush sent people off to war without enought equipment and materials to complete their mission properly.

http://www.detnews.com/2004/business/0405/07/b03-145733.

"The Army could have difficulty meeting its demand as there are few producers outside of Alliant or General Dynamics Corp. capable of producing military ammunition on the scale required, said Loren Thompson, an analyst at Arlington, Va.-based Lexington Institute, which studies national security issues.

“The Army’s industrial base is busted,” Thompson said. “A wide range of consumables from ammunition to armor simply can’t be produced at an adequate rate during wartime. There is almost no surge capacity.”

The Army tries to make up for its lack of surge capacity by stockpiling material before conflicts, Thompson said. The strategy works in conflicts of short duration, but is becoming a problem as the Iraq war enters its second year, he said
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[ngant17]

7. enough cannon fodder?

The question I would ask is,

Will Bush be able to manufacture enough "cannon fodder" as quickly as he can have the Fed print the money to keep his war going? It's a lot easy to print paper than to recuit fresh meat for the Iraqi frontline.