Petraeus will say violence is down in Iraq because he's not counting the violence in Iraq

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Petraeus will say violence is down in Iraq because he's not counting the violence in Iraq
by Joe Sudbay (DC) · 9/06/2007 08:59:00 AM ET


Read the article about the "Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq: Military Statistics Called Into Question" in today's Washington Post, which confirms a very important point: General Petraeus and his toadies are lying about the level of violence in Iraq. It's incredibly craven, but that's what is happening.

Basically, in the Petraeus view, to count the amount of violence means excluding from that count many incidents and forms of violence. For example, not included in the Petraeus count as Ilan Goldenberg at Democracy Arsenal points out are:

1) Sunni on Sunni violence. 2) Shi'a on Shi'a violence 3) Car bombs 4) Getting shot in the front of the head.

Despite all that, the Bush/Petraeus message, as Ilan concludes is "But violence is down. Trust me." If mayors in America could choose how to count violence, there would be no crime in any major city in the country. But that's not how it's done in the real world -- only in Bush/Petraeus world.

more -

http://www.americablog.com/2007/09/petraeus-will-say-violence-is-down-in.html

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1. Is any one expecting an honest report...

from a man who's called "Betray-us"?:evilgrin:

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2. I wasn't

Even before it came out that the WH was actually writing the report, I knew that Betray-us and Crocker were both going to do what they were told to do, and the "surprise" visit by Bush to Iraq was probably to make sure that both of them knew their lines!

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3. True, true...

:hurts: