Cosmic Iguana - Voice of the Evil Doers

Official stats show about 36K total casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, including nearly 4500 KIA. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Then there are another 38K casualties that are "non-hostile." Then there is this - CBSNEWS:

... Sullivan points out that the military's casualty reports also exclude the "enormous number [of new veterans] flooding the VA," often with medical problems developed due to the war. A January report by the Department of Veterans Affairs showed 299,585 veterans who recently served in the Middle East had been treated by the VA since 2002. Forty percent (120,049) of the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who sought care from the VA did so for mental health disorders.... [*]

That is roughly equal the entire 2000 population of Tampa, FL [*].