Not Exactly

It was 7 years ago today that President George W. Bush stood in front of the "Mission Accomplished" photo-op banner displayed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln's superstructure to announce an end to major combat operations in Iraq.

As of May 1, 2003 the death toll for the invading coalition was 172.

As of April 30, 2010 icasualties.org reported that figure is 4,712... 4394 of them Americans.

The good news is that the death rate has declined drastically... Only 6 per month on average so far this year.

The bad news is that 4540 families have suffered the loss of their beloved in service to a policy and President wrong, not only in declaring the false end we remember today, but from the very start.