anotherway83 Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Bush by Numbers: Four Years of Double Standardsby Graydon Carter1 Number of Bush administration public statements on National security issued between 20 January 2001 and 10 September 2001 that mentioned al-Qa'ida.104 Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned Iraq or Saddam Hussein.101 Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned missile defense65 Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned weapons of mass destruction.0 Number of times Bush mentioned Osama bin Laden in his three State of the Union addresses.73 Number of times that Bush mentioned terrorism or terrorists in his three State of the Union addresses.83 Number of times Bush mentioned Saddam, Iraq, or regime (as in change) in his three State of the Union addresses.$1m Estimated value of a painting the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, received from Prince Bandar, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States and Bush family friend.0 Number of times Bush mentioned Saudi Arabia in his three State of the Union addresses.1,700 Percentage increase between 2001 and 2002 of Saudi Arabian spending on public relations in the United States.79 Percentage of the 11 September hijackers who came from Saudi Arabia.3 Number of 11 September hijackers whose entry visas came through special US-Saudi "Visa Express" program.140 Number of Saudis, including members of the Bin Laden family, evacuated from United States almost immediately after 11 September.14 Number of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agents assigned to track down 1,200 known illegal immigrants in the United States from countries where al-Qa'ida is active.$3m Amount the White House was willing to grant the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 11 September attacks.$0 Amount approved by George Bush to hire more INS special agents.$10m Amount Bush cut from the INS's existing terrorism budget.$50m Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash.$5m Amount a 1996 federal commission was given to study legalized gambling.7 Number of Arabic linguists fired by the US army between mid-August and mid-October 2002 for being gay.George Bush: Military man1972 Year that Bush walked away from his pilot duties in the Texas National Guard, Nearly two years before his six-year obligation was up.$3,500 Reward a group of veterans offered in 2000 for anyone who could confirm Bush's Alabama guard service.600-700 Number of guardsmen who were in Bush's unit during that period.0 Number of guardsmen from that period who came forward with information about Bush's guard service.0 Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, the Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defense Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove * the main proponents of the war in Iraq *served in combat (combined).0 Number of principal civilian or Pentagon staff members who planned the war who have immediate family members serving in uniform in Iraq.8 Number of members of the US Senate and House of Representatives who have a child serving in the military.10 Number of days that the Pentagon spent investigating a soldier who had called the President "a joke" in a letter to the editor of a Newspaper.46 Percentage increase in sales between 2001 and 2002 of GI Joe figures (children's toys).Ambitious warrior2 Number of Nations that George Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into office.130 Approximate Number of countries (out of a total of 191 recognized by the United Nations) with a US military presence.43 Percentage of the entire world's military spending that the US spends on defense (That was in 2002, the year before the invasion of Iraq.)$401.3bn Proposed military budget for 2004.Savior of Iraq1983 The year in which Donald Rumsfeld, Ronald Reagan's special envoy to the Middle East, gave Saddam Hussein a pair of golden spurs as a gift.2.5 Number of hours after Rumsfeld learnt that Osama bin Laden was a suspect in the 11 September attacks that he brought up reasons to "hit" Iraq.237 Minimum number of misleading statements on Iraq made by top Bush administration officials between 2002 and January 2004, according to the California Representative Henry Waxman.10m Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets on 21 February 2003, in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, the largest simultaneous protest in world history.$2bn Estimated monthly cost of US military presence in Iraq projected by the White House in April 2003.$4bn Actual monthly cost of the US military presence in Iraq according to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld in 2004.$15m Amount of a contract awarded to an American firm to build a cement factory in Iraq.$80,000 Amount an Iraqi firm spent (using Saddam's confiscated funds) to build the same factory, after delays prevented the American firm from starting it.2000 Year that Cheney said his policy as CEO of Halliburton oil services company was "we wouldn't do anything in Iraq".$4.7bn Total value of contracts awarded to Halliburton in Iraq and Afghanistan.$680m Estimated value of Iraq reconstruction contracts awarded to Bechtel.$2.8bn Value of Bechtel Corp contracts in Iraq.$120bn Amount the war and its aftermath are projected to cost for the 2004 fiscal year.35 Number of countries to which the United States suspended military assistance after they failed to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from prosecution before the International Criminal Court.92 Percentage of Iraq's urban areas with access to potable water in late 2002.60 Percentage of Iraq's urban areas with access to potable water in late 2003.55 Percentage of the Iraqi workforce who were unemployed before the war.80 Percentage of the Iraqi workforce who are unemployed a Year after the war.0 Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender in May 1945.37 Death toll of US soldiers in Iraq in May 2003, the month combat operations "officially" ended.0 Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home that the Bush administration has permitted to be photographed.0 Number of memorial services for the returned dead that Bush has attended since the beginning of the war. 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