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Friday, September 14, 2007

How many dead Iraqis makes us "even"?
Posted by Jill | 9:30 PM
The die-hards who still believe that we're in Iraq because of the 9/11 attacks can answer this one:

How many deaths till we're "even"?

Over 2900 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks. Add to that the 3700+ American soldiers killed just in the Iraq war. How many Iraqis have to die before these bloodthirsty, vindictive people think we're even? How many dead Iraqis avenge each American death? Ten? Twenty? One hundred and seventy eight?

Because that's what the death toll of Iraqi civilians is going to be:

A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that the civilian death toll from the war could be more than 1 million.

The figure from ORB, a British polling agency that has conducted several surveys in Iraq, followed statements this week from the U.S. military defending itself against accusations it was trying to play down Iraqi deaths to make its strategy appear successful.

The military has said civilian deaths from sectarian violence have fallen more than 55% since President Bush sent an additional 28,500 troops to Iraq this year, but it does not provide specific numbers.

According to the ORB poll, a survey of 1,461 adults suggested that the total number slain during more than four years of war was more than 1.2 million.

ORB said it drew its conclusion from responses to the question about those living under one roof: "How many members of your household, if any, have died as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003?"

Based on Iraq's estimated number of households -- 4,050,597 -- it said the 1.2 million figure was reasonable.


1.2 million people. You'd almost think the Administration was TRYING to compete with Hitler's death toll.

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