December 2009 was the first month that no U.S. forces were killed in hostile action in Iraq since the war started:
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| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 69 | 25 | 323 |
| 2004 | 39 | 12 | 35 | 126 | 62 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 70 | 56 | 125 | 58 | 719 |
| 2005 | 54 | 42 | 31 | 46 | 67 | 69 | 45 | 75 | 42 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 676 |
| 2006 | 42 | 46 | 26 | 65 | 57 | 57 | 38 | 58 | 61 | 99 | 59 | 95 | 703 |
| 2007 | 78 | 71 | 71 | 96 | 120 | 93 | 67 | 56 | 43 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 767 |
| 2008 | 35 | 25 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 225 |
| 2009 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 76 |
2009 also marks the least number of fatalities. Now I’m sure all the wingnuts will credit this to Bush, while blaming everything else on Obama. No matter what spin/lies people tries to make of it, it is really good to see that the number of fatalities have taken a serious drop.