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July 01, 2005
1,362.5 Dead Iraqis a Month, But the Insurgency Is in Its "Last Throes"
If this is success, as War Party members keep insisting it is, I'd hate to see failure.
Insurgent attacks in the last six months have killed more than 8,000 Iraqi civilians, police and troops, according to Iraq's interior minister. . . .
In an interview with CNN, Iraqi Interior Minister Baqir Jabbur said "terrorists" had killed 8,175 people and wounded another 12,000 since January 2005.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, there have been 307 U.S. fatalities in combat during the same period.
What did President Bush say about the violence in Iraq again? Oh, yes: "Like most Americans, I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every picture is horrifying, and the suffering is real. Amid all this violence, I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country."
Of course it's "worth it" if you're not the one paying the price. I suspect the 8,175 Iraqis mentioned above might have a different opinion--but they're no longer alive to tell us what it is. Perhaps the president should speak to their families, or to the 12,000 wounded, and ask them if it's "worth it." That, however, would require appearing in Iraq announced and in broad daylight, something the great liberator of the Middle East is afraid to do in his colony.
Posted by Mike Tennant at July 1, 2005 03:55 PM
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