966

I hadn't made a comparison but the Wage Slave Journal did:

Compare the number of US casualties month-to-month between 2003 and 2004. Notice that with the exception of March -- the month the invasion started -- each month in 2004 is deadlier than the year before.

In October of 2003, as reported by The World Today, Bush had this to say:

"Listen, we're making good progress in Iraq. Sometimes it's hard to tell it when you listen to the filter. The situation is improving on a daily basis inside Iraq. People are freer, the security situation is getting better..."

To use the Bush strategy in which they have said that John Kerry is "proud" of voting against supporting U.S. troops with adequate equipment, I'd say that it's safe to assume that George Bush is proud to have caused harm to so many soldiers.