* 155 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since President Bush declared
"Mission Accomplished." Since the beginning of the war, over 300
soldiers have given their lives, more than in any U.S. conflict in
decades.

* There are 140,000 troops in the country now. According to General
Tommy Franks, those levels won't be reduced "in the foreseeable
future." "The Army is strained and stressed," said another general
last week.

* The U.S. occupation of Iraq now costs about $1 billion a WEEK -- as
much as the Federal Government spends on after school programs for the
entire year. Those are just military costs -- not including any money
for rebuilding in Iraq.

* Suicide attacks and bombings throughout Iraq are becoming a daily
occurrence; they show no sign of slowing.

* Iraqis resent the U.S. occupation. The headline of a recent
article in the New York Times is "Iraqis' Bitterness Is Called
Bigger Threat Than Terror."

* No weapons of mass destruction have been found, nor have we seen
any evidence of an active weapons development program.

* And there's no exit strategy: the Administration has yet to present
a realistic plan for how the occupation of Iraq will end.