I swear that the media in general is ALWAYS looking for bad news in Iraq. For example:
2007 Is Deadliest Year for US in Iraq
And yet, while true, violence is down 70% across the board in Iraq, and the article even mentions this in the later parts:
The grim milestone passed despite a sharp drop in U.S. and Iraqi deaths here in recent months, after a 30,000-strong U.S. force buildup. There were 39 deaths in October, compared to 65 in September and 84 in August.
So in other words, yes, 2007 is a deadly year, however, they don't bother to emphasize that US troop deaths are down 64%. While any death is tragic in of itself, the fact that it has dropped so severely is something that needs to be put out there for the general public to know about.
Even popular liberal blogs can no longer ignore the facts. When deaths were high, they said "See! It's a quagmire! We need to leave now!" Now that the deaths are down significantly, they want to find a reason, ANY reason to try to make it look like what we're doing there with more troops and better tactics are working. That would mean that Bush was right and they can't ever seem to want to admit that.
Travis
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