[aruanan]

3 times as many U.S. soldiers killed under Obama‘s 2 year watch as were under Bush's entire 8 years

This is from the article:

   Year   US  UK  Other Total
   2001  12   0   0     12
   2002  49   3   18    70              
   2003  48   0   10    58
   2004  52   1   7     60
   2005  99   1   31    131
   2006  98   39  54    191
   2007  117  42  73    232
   2008  155  51  89    295
   2009  317  108 96    521
   2010  486  101 105   692
   Total 1433 346   483 2262

2001-2008 total for the U.S. is 630. 2009-2010 total is 803. That's a little less than 30% greater, not three times greater. The average for Barry is 401/year, for Bush, about 79. So you could say average yearly deaths under Obama is about 5 times higher than average yearly U.S. deaths under Bush or that Barry's first two years were 16 times higher than Bush's first two years or that Barry's second year is about 10 times higher than Bush's second year or that Barry's second year is about 3 times higher than Bush's last year.

[Evil Slayer]

about 3 times higher than Bush's last year

Thanks for pointing that out. I should have said that instead of "entire 8 years". I picked up the headline from another source prior to posting the article.

It still is a very high causality rate compared to the last year of Bush's watch. I still believe it has more to do with the new rules of engagement rather than the larger number of troops over there since Obama took office.