What Iraqis Think
Kevin Drum links to a summary of a poll on how Iraqis themselves think and feel about security and the surge. An eyeopener; the blue bar in the graph on the right is the "worse" category, as in "security in the areas where surge forces were sent" is worse according to the respondents. Do go read the blog for commentary.
What Mikey Thinks
War is ______ (if you guess correctly what Mikey thinks, pick up a free piece of candy the next time you're in the clubhouse; I'll have Diane stock up an extra supply).
Americans want us out; Iraqis want us out. What's the hold up? Giving people what they want is not a bad policy, especially when the People is the Boss.
The Body Count
General Petraeus used a graph today which shows a dramatic drop in the number of deaths in Iraq in 2007. That would be fantastic but is it true? TPM here has the General Petraeus graph along with two other graphs from different sources. Guess what - they tell entirely different stories. Reminds me of the blog I read just the other day where somebody was saying how "body counts" have become the in thing again although this time in the opposite direction - remember Vietnam where the generals wanted higher and higher body counts to prove their success? now the generals want lower body counts to do the same thing. We know for sure now that it was all a pack of lies coming from Vietnam. Any guesses on the truthiness of today's military body counters?
Got to get away from this topic; it's a rage inducer for me.
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