"How we doin' ?"

Former Mayor Ed Koch of New York used to greet voters on the street with that famous phrase (too bad he never asked me; I'd tell him he was an asshole). It's a fair question. Earlier we posted on the cost in lives to Iraqis. Enough about them. What about us? (from Chris Bowers over at MyDD):

More soldiers have already died in February of 2005 than in February of 2004.
More soldiers died in January of 2005 than January of 2004.
More soldiers died in December of 2004 than December 2003.
More soldiers died in November of 2004 than November of 2003.
More soldiers died in October of 2004 than October of 2003.
More soldiers died in September of 2004 than September of 2003.
More soldiers died in August of 2004 than August of 2003.
More soldiers died in July of 2004 than July of 2003.
More soldiers died in June of 2004 than June of 2003.
More soldiers died in May of 2004 than May of 2003.
More soldiers died in April of 2004 than April of 2003.
March looms.

Source for above statements. The same goes for wounded soldiers.

Daily coalition fatality rate before Saddam Hussein's capture: 2.03
Daily coalition fatality rate after Saddam Hussein's capture: 2.55

Daily coalition fatality rate before the transfer of power away from the CPA: 2.09
Daily coalition fatality rate after the transfer of power away from the CPA: 2.8

"How we doin' ?" indeed.