“It’s like when you go to the dentist, and the man’s going to take your tooth. You’re going to fight him when he starts pulling. So he squirts some stuff in your jaw called novocaine, to make you think they’re not doing anything to you. So you sit there and ’cause you’ve got all of that novocaine in your jaw, you suffer peacefully. Blood running all down your jaw, and you don’t know what’s happening. ’Cause someone has taught you to suffer – peacefully.” -- Malcolm XAs our Dear Nobel Peace Prize Winner accepts his Orwell Award, let's see how he compares to the Evil One, regarding war & escalation.
Troop Escalation
Bush Iraq "Surge": 28,000 troops
Obama Af/Pak "Surge"(as of today): 98,000 troops
Private Military & NATO Deployment, Iraq/Af/Pak
Under Bush: 192,000
Under Obama: 243,000
Monthly Drone Deployments
Under Bush: 33(avg)
Under Obama: 112(avg)
Troop Stay Extension(% of soldiers on 3rd or 4th tour)
Under Bush(2007-2008): 21%
Under Obama(2009): 37%
U.S. Military Suicides
Bush(2008): 197
Obama(through 9/09): 211
Pentagon Budget
Bush(2008): $586,000,000,000
Obama(2009): $651,000,000,000
Obama(2010, proposed): $690,000,000,000
United States Weapons Sales
Bush(2008): $36,000,000,000
Obama(2009, projected): $54,000,000,000
