The count has to be very high. Before the 2004 election, Bush himself put the number at roughly 30,000. Assuming he had good intelligence this time, we can surmise this number was already inaccurately low. It is unlikely Bush would report an accurate figure when we remember this administration's obsession with secrecy. The real number of dead is likely far higher than that.

So the accurate count by now is anyone's guess, I would think. It will be years before we really get any handle on the magnitude of this thing. Assuming, of course, we won't still be there.