A study commissioned by the British medical journal, The Lancet, estimates that 655,000 Iraqis have died as the result of Bush's war. One out of 40 Iraqis who were alive at the beginning of the war have been killed as the result of this war.
Let's put it another way. No more Fargo. In fact, wipe the whole of North Dakota off the fucking map. I suppose there are some who wouldn't miss North Dakota.
In his Rose Garden news conference yesterday, Bush said, "I don't consider it a credible report." The whole report? That's a good way to weasel out of it ... just deny it without any support for your position. "When in doubt, deny all terms and definitions," Calvin said, in one of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes strips.
Gee, if The Lancet inflated the numbers by 20%, that would be equal the population of Washington, DC, being wiped out ...
There are some authorities that estimate the Iraqi civilian deaths at almost a million. Are those reports credible?
That's a lot of blood-letting, no matter who we believe, in the name of freedom and democracy.
Who started this war?
Posted by Bill at October 12, 2006 10:41 PMWho indeed. Now, with the Iraqi people in the very midst of civil war, according to MSNBC, 3 of every 5 Iraqi people want the American people who are there to be dead; they don't simply want us to leave; they want us dead. It is all much worse now than before this war began. We NEED change now.
Posted by: Trace at October 12, 2006 11:56 PMEven if the lancet doubled the number, and it's only 327,500, that's 464.5 times the population of Crawford TX. I think the devil started this war, and you can still smell the sulfur ... right here.
Posted by: Kyle at October 16, 2006 04:32 AMHmmm, are those the Iraqis he keeps saying are better off?
Posted by: Vito at October 16, 2006 04:09 PM