The President waited six months (from Fallujah in April until after election day) to do anything in Iraq, and as a result we're losing our brave young men and women at a faster rate than any other point in this war. The AP reports:

Three Marines who were wounded in action during the Fallujah offensive later died at American hospitals in Germany and the United States, the Pentagon said Monday, raising the U.S. military death toll in Iraq for November to at least 101.

Since the initial U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the only other month in which U.S. deaths exceeded 100 was last April, when insurgent violence flared and Marines fought fierce battles in Fallujah and Ramadi.

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The Marines have suffered most of the Fallujah battle casualties. An exact number is not available because the Marines usually do not specify the city in which a casualty happened. Since Nov. 1, the Marines have had at least 69 deaths throughout Iraq mostly in Fallujah. That is by far the deadliest month of the war for the Marines; their previous high was 52 last April.

This is really disturbing. I wish I had something optimistic to say about the situation in Iraq, but there's really nothing good to say about the direction in which the country is headed.