Ravenwood - 10/24/05 07:45 AM
Isn't this the same media that keeps a running tally on the number of U.S. soldiers who've died in Iraq?
Eager to demonstrate success in Iraq, the U.S. military has abandoned its previous refusal to publicize enemy body counts and now cites such numbers periodically to show the impact of some counterinsurgency operations.It takes a bit of chutzpa to bitch about the military keeping a body count, and then have a link to your own body count in middle of the story. Keep in mind that the media's body counts includes any and all soldiers who've died, whether it be at the hands of the enemy, in car accidents, or even of natural causes.The revival of body counts, a practice discredited during the Vietnam War, has apparently come without formal guidance from the Pentagon's leadership...
During the Vietnam War, enemy body counts became a regular feature in military statements intended to demonstrate progress. But the statistics ended up proving poor indicators of the war's course. Pressure on U.S. units to produce high death tolls led to inflated tallies, which tore at Pentagon credibility.
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In a similar way, I've heard that the body count for Hiroshima keeps getting raised. Apparently, people who die 60 years after the event are also being added to the Japanese body count for the nuclear bombing.
Posted by: Alcibiades at October 24, 2005 12:39 PMGet ready for the big activist community "celebration" of the 2,000th U.S. troop death. They're planning gatherings in most major cities. Seems they take just a little too much delight in death.
Posted by: Da Goddess at October 24, 2005 8:30 PMThe media vultures are circling over the area looking for new victims what a load of crap from the producers of crap from the birdcage linners
Posted by: screaming eagle at October 24, 2005 9:59 PMI just heard local loony Fred Phelps went to an Iraqi veterans' funeral here in Kansas and said it is God's will and judgement that this is happening to America. I was so ticked off I wanted to tar and feather him and his league.
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