U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas Hanney uses his M240 machine gun to provide cover near a bazaar in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013. Hanney, a machine gunner, is assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul Peterson
2013: War By The Numbers -- David Axe, War is Boring
A statistical look back at a violent year
50,000
The approximate number of people killed this year in the civil war in Syria.
6,000,000
Estimate of Syrian refugees displaced by the fighting, out of a population of 22 million.
500
Approximate number of Syrian government tanks destroyed by rebels in 2013.
59
Journalists killed in the line of duty worldwide in 2013.
22
Journalists killed in Syria this year.
57
The percentage of Pentagon officials who could locate Damascus on a map, according to one informal survey.
156
U.S. and coalition troops killed in Afghanistan, down 60 percent from 2012.
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1 comment:
What the title really should have been:
2013: Delusions of Grandeur by The Numbers
2013: Hubris by The Numbers
2013: Grand Failures by The Numbers
2013: Meat Grinder by The Numbers
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