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June 15, 2005
Pay No Attention to That Data Behind the Curtain
According to Agence France Presse:
Iraq is "statistically" no safer today than it was after Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was overthrown, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.
Asked on BBC television whether Iraq was safer since the US-led invasion ended with the ouster of Saddam in April 2003, Rumsfeld replied: "Well, statistically no. But clearly it has been getting better as we've gone along."
Ah, so all the data indicates things aren't any better than they were two years ago, but "clearly" they are. I guess we're just supposed to take Rummy's word for it.
Anyway, if things look bad now, just remember Rummy's optimistic outlook: "A lot of bad things that could have happened have not happened."
(Link courtesy Antiwar.com.)
Posted by Mike Tennant at June 15, 2005 12:37 PM
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