655,000

655,000 Iraqis now dead that wouldn't be were it not for the war, since 2003.

American metropolitan areas* with a population of around 655,000 or less, and rank by size:

76 Stockton CA 664,116
77 Toledo OH 656,696
78 Knoxville TN 655,400
79 Syracuse NY 651,763
80 Little Rock�North Little Rock AR 643,272
81 Charleston�North Charleston SC 594,899
82 Youngstown�Warren�Boardman OH�PA 593,168
83 Greenville SC 591,251
84 Colorado Springs CO 587,500
85 Wichita KS 587,055
86 Scranton�Wilkes-Barre PA 550,546
87 Cape Coral�Fort Myers FL 544,758
88 Boise City�Nampa ID 544,201
89 Lakeland FL 542,912
90 Madison WI 537,039
91 Palm Bay�Melbourne�Titusville FL 531,250
92 Jackson MS 522,580
93 Des Moines�West Des Moines IA 522,454
94 Harrisburg�Carlisle PA 521,812
95 Augusta-Richmond County GA�SC 520,332
96 Portland�South Portland�Biddeford ME 514,227
97 Modesto CA 505,505
98 Chattanooga TN�GA 492,126
99 Lancaster PA 490,562
100 Deltona�Daytona Beach�Ormond Beach FL 490,055
101 Ogden�Clearfield UT 486,842
102 Santa Rosa�Petaluma CA 466,477
103 Durham NC 456,187
104 Lansing�East Lansing MI 455,315
105 Winston-Salem NC 448,629
106 Flint MI 443,883
107 Spokane WA 440,706
108 Pensacola�Ferry Pass�Brent FL 439,877
109 Lexington-Fayette KY 429,889
110 Corpus Christi TX 413,553
111 Salinas CA 412,104
112 Vallejo�Fairfield CA 412,970
113 Provo�Orem UT 411,593
114 Visalia�Porterville CA 410,874
115 Canton�Massillon OH 409,996
116 York�Hanover PA 408,801
117 Fayetteville�Springdale�Rogers AR�MO 405,101
118 Fort Wayne IN 404,414
119 Mobile AL 401,427
120 Manchester�Nashua NH 401,291
121 Santa Barbara�Santa Maria CA 400,762
122 Springfield MO 398,124
123 Reading PA 396,314
124 Reno�Sparks NV 393,946
125 Asheville NC 392,831
126 Beaumont�Port Arthur TX 383,530
127 Shreveport�Bossier City LA 383,233
128 Port St. Lucie�Fort Pierce FL 381,033
129 Brownsville�Harlingen TX 378,311
130 Davenport�Moline�Rock Island IA�IL 376,309
131 Salem OR 375,560
132 Peoria IL 369,161
133 Huntsville AL 368,661
134 Trenton�Ewing NJ 366,256
135 Montgomery AL 357,244
136 Hickory�Lenoir�Morganton NC 355,654
137 Killeen�Temple�Fort Hood TX 351,528
138 Anchorage AK 351,049
139 Evansville IN�KY 349,543
140 Fayetteville NC 345,536
141 Ann Arbor MI 341,847
142 Rockford IL 339,178
143 Eugene�Springfield OR 335,180
144 Tallahassee FL 334,886
145 Kalamazoo�Portage MI 319,348
146 South Bend�Mishawaka IN�MI 318,156
147 Wilmington NC 315,144
148 Savannah GA 313,883
149 Naples�Marco Island FL 307,242
150 Charleston WV 306,435
151 Ocala FL 303,442
152 Kingsport�Bristol�Bristol TN�VA 301,294
153 Utica�Rome NY 297,885
154 Green Bay WI 297,493
155 Roanoke VA 292,983
156 Huntington�Ashland WV�KY�OH 286,012
157 Fort Smith AR�OK 284,994
158 Columbus GA�AL 284,299
159 Lincoln NE 281,553
160 Erie PA 280,446
161 Boulder CO 280,440
162 Duluth MN�WI 275,413
163 Fort Collins�Loveland CO 271,927
164 Atlantic City NJ 271,015
165 Spartanburg SC 266,809
166 Norwich�New London CT 266,618
167 Lubbock TX 258,970
168 San Luis Obispo�Paso Robles CA 255,478
169 Holland�Grand Haven MI 255,406
170 Gulfport�Biloxi MS 255,383
171 Hagerstown�Martinsburg MD�WV 251,311
172 Santa Cruz�Watsonville CA 249,666
173 Binghamton NY 248,422
174 Lafayette LA 247,824
175 Cedar Rapids IA 246,412
176 Clarksville TN�KY 243,665
177 Merced CA 241,706
178 Bremerton�Silverdale WA 240,661
179 Gainesville FL 240,254
180 Amarillo TX 238,664
181 Lynchburg VA 236,910
182 Yakima WA 231,586
183 Topeka KS 229,075
184 Greeley CO 228,943
185 Olympia WA 228,867
186 Macon GA 228,712
187 Myrtle Beach�Conway�North Myrtle Beach SC 226,992
188 Barnstable Town MA 226,514
189 Laredo TX 224,695
190 Waco TX 224,668
191 Kennewick�Richland�Pasco WA 220,961
192 Champaign�Urbana IL 215,742
193 Appleton WI 215,143
194 Chico CA 214,185
195 Saginaw�Saginaw Township North MI 208,356
196 Sioux Falls SD 207,918
197 Springfield IL 205,527
198 Burlington�South Burlington VT 205,230
199 Longview TX 201,501
200 Houma�Bayou Cane�Thibodaux LA 199,670
201 Prescott AZ 198,701
202 Florence SC 198,443
203 Tuscaloosa AL 196,885
204 Racine WI 195,708
205 Elkhart�Goshen IN 195,362
206 Medford OR 195,322
207 Lake Charles LA 194,977
208 Tyler TX 190,594
209 College Station�Bryan TX 189,735
210 Las Cruces NM 189,444
211 Johnson City TN 188,944
212 Charlottesville VA 188,424
213 Fargo ND�MN 184,857
214 Bellingham WA 183,471
215 Lafayette IN 183,340
216 Kingston NY 182,693
217 Fort Walton Beach�Crestview�Destin FL 182,172
218 Yuma AZ 181,277
219 St. Cloud MN 181,159
220 Redding CA 179,904
221 Bloomington IN 177,709
222 Rochester MN 176,984
223 Muskegon�Norton Shores MI 175,554
224 Anderson SC 175,514
225 Athens�Clarke County GA 175,085
226 Monroe LA 171,138
227 Terre Haute IN 168,059
228 Joplin MO 166,178
229 Gainesville GA 165,771
230 Jackson MI 163,629
231 Albany GA 162,842
232 Niles�Benton Harbor MI 162,611
233 Greenville NC 162,596
234 Parkersburg�Marietta�Vienna WV�OH 162,529
235 Waterloo�Cedar Falls IA 161,897
236 Panama City�Lynn Haven FL 161,558
237 Oshkosh�Neenah WI 159,482
238 Bloomington�Normal IL 159,013
239 Abilene TX 158,291
240 Janesville WI 157,538
241 Punta Gorda FL 157,536
242 Pascagoula MS 157,199
243 Yuba City CA 156,029
244 El Centro CA 155,823
245 Eau Claire WI 154,039
246 Monroe MI 153,935
247 Columbia MO 153,283
248 Vineland�Millville�Bridgeton NJ 153,252
249 Jacksonville NC 152,440
250 Pueblo CO 151,322
251 Blacksburg�Christiansburg�Radford VA 151,057


Moral: we have done the human equivalent of snuffing Knoxville, TN, from the face of the earth, and rendering all her people into tallow to grease cannons and oil wells. Half a million people will now never grow a second older, never see their kids have kids, never see their homes find peace, never feel an instant of the freedom Americans think they're fighting for.

End it. End it now.

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_areas; down to 150,000 in population