EFL...
BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military death toll in March, the first full month of the security crackdown, was nearly twice that of the Iraqi army, which American and Iraqi officials say is taking the leading role in the latest attempt to curb violence in the capital, surrounding cities and Anbar province, according to figures compiled on Saturday.
You know what? I'm beginning to think it doesn't matter whether the "surge" succeeds or not: even if it does, the MSM will spin it as a failure. They WILL find an angle.
The Associated Press count of U.S. military deaths for the month was 81, including a soldier who died from non-combat causes Saturday. Figures compiled from officials in the Iraqi ministries of Defense, Health and Interior showed the Iraqi military toll was 44. The Iraqi figures showed that 165 Iraqi police were killed in March. Many of the police serve in paramilitary units.
According to the AP count 3,246 U.S. service members have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.
Of course what they never mention is that our Iraq casualties the last four years is down in the mud compared to past wars, somewhere between the number of people who've died in ATV rollovers and the number who've died in recreational boating accidents during the same period. How would today's press have dealt with the Battle of the Bulge? Saipan? Guadelcanal? Okinawa? |