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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] Speaking of casulities in Iraq, wasn't the capture of Saddam Hussein supposed to make America safer? Thomas F. Schaller over at [URL=http://gadflyer.com/flytrap/index.php?Week=200437#749]The Gadflyer[/URL] notes that this has not been the case. [QUOTE] [b]Today Marks the Pre-/Post Hussein Capture Period Cutoff[/b] Well, here we are: Today � September 7th � is the official inflection date marking an identical period both before Saddam Hussein was captured and after he was captured. That�s right: There were a total of 269 days from the war�s start date of March 19, 2003, and Hussein�s capture on December 13, 2003; there have been 269 days since then, including today. If you doubt me, double-check my numbers at [URL=http://icasualties.org/oif/]Lunaville.org�s[/URL] incomparable site. I realize I must sound like a [URL=http://gadflyer.com/flytrap/index.php?Week=200436#730]broken record[/URL] on this site about the American fatalities rates during these two periods. But, now that we have experienced [b]exactly[/b] the same number of days in Iraq both before and after that purported turning point, allow me to report the final numbers for the two periods: [b]Before capture: 459 American fatalities (1.71/day) After capture: 539 American fatalities (2.00/day)[/b] This is not a matter of "he said, she said" wherein FOX News can bring somebody in from both sides to debate what, exactly, constitutes a cardinal number, and thus whether, in our postmodern world, 539 might somehow actually be lower than 459. No, it's a ineluctable fact: [b]The number of fatalities and, thus, the average daily rate of casualties is higher post-capture than pre-capture.[/b] Any response Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Rove, Mrs. Hughes, Mr. Mehlman, Mr. Dowd, Mr. McClellan, or Ms. Devenish? Any response, anyone? [/QUOTE]Via Matthew Yglesias at [URL=http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2004/09/index.html#003943]The American Prospect Online[/URL] who adds: [QUOTE]The latest hope -- that the transfer of soveignty would fix things -- has also proven empty. There were 42 casualties in June, followed by the transfer and 54 casualties in July, followed by 66 casualties in August. We're about 23 percent of the way through the month of September and already 20 American soldiers have been killed. That projects to around 85 deaths for the month.[/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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