GET YOUR WAR ON, PART 1

percent of u.s soldiers serving in iraq who say they have killed an "enemy combatant": 48%

percent of u.s. soldiers serving in iraq who say they have killed a "non-combatant": 28%

percent of u.s. soldiers serving in iraq who say they know someone who was seriously injured or killed: 86%

between 2003 and 2005 the divorce rate for army personnel increased by 14%

calls to domestic violence hotlines for military spouses have increased from 50 per month to 600 per month since the start of war

number of military spouses who have signed up for food stamps and other federal assistance since the start of war: 1 in 5

number of national guard deployed to vietnam: 7,040 (126 died)

number of national guard deployed to iraq so far: more than 100,000 (392 have died)

death rate of u.s. soldiers serving in iraq who come from rural areas: 60% higher than those from cities

number of americans polled in 2006 who believe "federal officials either participated in the attacks on the world trade center and pentagon, or took no action to stop them 'because they wanted the u.s. to go to war in the middle east'": 36%

amount president bush has requested from congress to build a new u.s. embassy in iraq: $1.3 billion

portion of staff to be sent to new embassy in iraq that speaks arabic: 3%

number of those who speak arabic fluently: 6

number of journalists killed in iraq since the start of war: 146

number of defense contractors killed in iraq since the start of war: 665

number of doctors who have fled iraq: 1 out of 3

number of iraqi physicians killed since 2003: over 2,000

percent increase in the number of iraqis in jail now compared to the period before the fall of saddam: 30%

according to the veteran's administration, the number of iraq war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder: 1 in 5

number of u.s. soldiers serving in iraq who committed suicide in 2005: 22 (double the number in 2004, which was already twice the rate of suicide among military personnel prior to the invasion of iraq)

number of u.s. soldiers who have lost one or more limbs: 1,300 (nearly double the rate of any other war)

number of u.s. soldiers who say we shouldn't have invaded iraq in the first place: one-third

world's largest purchaser of oil: the pentagon

according to the u.s. army, the number of gallons of fuel burned in three weeks in iraq: 40 million (equal to the gasoline consumed by all allied armies combined during four years of WWI)

thought of another way, the daily oil consumption of the u.s. military is equal to that of the entire nation of greece

percent of u.s. military oil purchases used to fuel fighter jets: 70%

percent increase in the number terrorist attacks that have occurred worldwide since the invasion of iraq, excluding attacks in iraq and afghanistan: 265% (including iraq and afghanistan the percent increase jumps to 607%)

percent increase in terrorist attacks aimed at western targets since the invasion of iraq: 25%

percent increase in the number of fatalities resulting from terrorist attacks worldwide, excluding fatalities in iraq and afghanistan: 58%

your federal income tax dollar: 41 cents to fund war, 6 cents for education, 6 cents for health care, and less than a penny for foreign aid such as emergency food relief

percent of significant conflicts in the world occurring right now in which one or more parties has received its weapons or military technology from the united states: 90%

u.s. military aid outweighs development and food aid to poor nations by a ratio of 6:1

revenue generated by halliburton under then-ceo and current vice president dick cheney from business deals with iraq under saddam hussein: $30 million

gift donald rumsfeld gave to saddam hussein welcoming him during a visit in friendlier days: golden spurs (1983)

portion of all u.s. foreign aid that goes to helping the recipient country buy u.s.-produced weapons, equipment and training: 25%

oil accounts for 43% of the world's total fuel consumption and 95% of global energy used for transportation

percent of americans surveyed who believe the u.s pays more than any other nation in foreign aid: 82%

rank among all industrialized nations of the united states determined by the amount of non-military foreign aid given to poor nations: 13th

u.s foreign aid as a percent of gross domestic product: 0.15%

white americans who thought the invasion of iraq was a mistake, by percent: 45%

african-americans who thought the invasion of iraq was a mistake, by percent: 77%

african-americans serving in iraq, by percent: 28% (african-americans comprise slightly less than 13% of u.s. population)

parents likely to recommend military service to their children in 2002: 42%

parents likely to recommend military service to their children in 2004: 26%

amount contributed last year to the campaigns of members of congress who are directly responsible for voting on how much to spend on weapons contracts: $12 million

country with the lowest global popularity rating: united states (followed by israel, iran and north korea)