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As today’s mini-flap rages on concerning the tribute to “The Fallen in Iraq” on tonight’s Nightline<\/i> where Ted Koppel will read the names and show the pictures of those killed in combat, it seems our own Deputy Defense Secretary , Paul Wolfowitz, a major architect<\/i> for the brilliant plan to go to war in Iraq, should perhaps tune in. With a calculator!<\/p>\n
According to AP<\/i><\/a>, when asked yesterday how many troops have died in Iraq at a House Sub-committee hearing , Wolfowitz’ estimate was some 200<\/b> American servicemen short:<\/p>\n The actual number, as of Thursday, was 724 total dead with 522 of them killed in combat according to documentation on the Defense Department’s own website<\/a>. As of this morning, twenty-four hours later, the numbers are 732 and 530 respectively according to their website documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the meantime, despite a highly critical letter<\/a> to them from War Supporter, Veteran, Prisoner of War and Republican Senator John McCain, the Sinclair Broadcast Group<\/a> is refusing to carry tonight’s Nightline<\/i> show on their 8 owned ABC affiliate stations across the country.<\/p>\n UPDATED INFO SINCE POSTING THE ABOVE:<\/i><\/b> Despite Sinclair CEO David Smith’s claims that they would not run the broadcast because Nightline<\/i> is “doing nothing more than making a political statement,” it’s worth noting that Sinclair has so far donated<\/a> well over $100,000 in hard and soft money to Republican Candidates and $0 to Democrats since 2000.<\/p>\n“It’s approximately 500, of which \u2014 I can get the exact numbers \u2014 approximately 350 are combat deaths,” he responded.<\/div>\n