31 July 2008

All's Quiet on the Iraqi Front

I note the headline, 'US toll in Iraq hits all-time low as month ends'.

And, 'Iraqis also are dying at dramatically lower numbers with the war in its sixth year'.

11 Americans and 510 Iraqi civilians and security personnel died in Iraq this month. Just think, that's an average of 16 Iraqis dying a day, compared with 65 each day in the same month last year. Only 16 men, women and children, compared to 65. Just 16.

And only 11 Americans. Just 11 families have lost a son, daughter, father, mother, uncle, aunt, cousin this month.

Only 11. An all-time low.

All's almost Quiet on the Iraqi Front.

1 comment:

cls said...

What? There's a war in Iraq? C'mon, the press doesn't have time to report on that! They're too busy worrying about Caylee, and tripping all over themselves to chase after Obama.