If It Looks Like a Civil War, If It Sounds Like a Civil War....
It must be a civil war. Nobody in Iraq has the time to come up with the complete totals on the deaths of Iraqis around the country. Americablog has the totals for one month in just Baghdad:
Like all wars, there are quiet places where little killing is going on and places where the killing is almost a daily event. But no one can question that the death toll in Iraq is mounting. And for American troops, there are no front lines and there are no safe areas. With the killing of Zarqawi, Bush is back in campaign mode with fear-mongering and delusions thrown into the mix. That is not good for our soldiers and it is not good for our country.
One note of caution: there are reports that a trove of computer data was found at Zarqawi's location. If two 500-pound bombs were dropped and the building flattened, how much data was likely to survive? I don't know the answer but I'm skeptical.
It's a real surprise that Iraqi citizens aren't celebrating the US presence with these kinds of numbers. The 1,398 figure from the morgues does not even include those blown up in bombings.
Like all wars, there are quiet places where little killing is going on and places where the killing is almost a daily event. But no one can question that the death toll in Iraq is mounting. And for American troops, there are no front lines and there are no safe areas. With the killing of Zarqawi, Bush is back in campaign mode with fear-mongering and delusions thrown into the mix. That is not good for our soldiers and it is not good for our country.
One note of caution: there are reports that a trove of computer data was found at Zarqawi's location. If two 500-pound bombs were dropped and the building flattened, how much data was likely to survive? I don't know the answer but I'm skeptical.
posted by Craig at 1:53 PM
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