Friday, August 6, 2004
Bush's Dirty Little Secret: Troops Are Still Dying Daily...
Oh sure, you don't hear about it anymore unless you're really paying attention. And of course, President Bush won't be bringing it up at a campaign rally near you, but the reality is that we're still losing about 2 US soldiers a day in Iraq.
Paul Krugman points out that the June 28th "handover" of power in Iraq successfully "Afghanized" media coverage of Iraq. (Iraq? That's SO last year!) That is to say, led people to believe that the conflict had in some way ended.
Wrong...
In June, 42 US soldiers were killed.
In July (after the "handover"), 54 US soldiers were killed.
In the first six days of August, 13 US soldiers have already died.
The media has bought into the "Afghanization" of Iraq hook-line-and-sinker. Reports of US casualties barely merit a mention on TV news, and are pushed to the bottom of almost all internet and newspaper reports.
I still adhere to the idea that anyone that thinks removing Saddam Hussein was worth the lives of 900+ of our bravest is giving Saddam Hussein way too much credit.
But we're turning the corner. They swear...
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