Comments on: Bush’s Casualty Estimate, Part Two http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-8930 mtl Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:53:42 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/#comment-8930 180,000...but then they were just Kurds. "Although the trial concerns a Shiite massacre, Juhi has suggested that a bloody campaign against the Kurds, in which more than 180,000 people were killed over the past two decades, will be brought next." http://www.mmorning.com/articleC.asp?Article=3104&CategoryID=6 That's just a mention of the Kurds. Anybody want to take a shot on the Shiites kill by Saddam? The closest thing to Stalin, in this world... speaking of the world, I imagine they will have a strong rxn to the number killed by US forces. Not a whimper when it is going on without end. Rwanda anybody? The 'holier than thou' of the left, and its apathy has killed more people than World War II. You'd think the UN was formed to address this... Too busy cashing the checks America plunks down on their counters to care. 180,000…but then they were just Kurds.

“Although the trial concerns a Shiite massacre, Juhi has suggested that a bloody campaign against the Kurds, in which more than 180,000 people were killed over the past two decades, will be brought next.”

http://www.mmorning.com/articleC.asp?Article=3104&CategoryID=6

That’s just a mention of the Kurds. Anybody want to take a shot on the Shiites kill by Saddam?

The closest thing to Stalin, in this world…

speaking of the world, I imagine they will have a strong rxn to the number killed by US forces. Not a whimper when it is going on without end. Rwanda anybody?

The ‘holier than thou’ of the left, and its apathy has killed more people than World War II. You’d think the UN was formed to address this…

Too busy cashing the checks America plunks down on their counters to care.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-8926 Mark Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:54:10 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/#comment-8926 Clint, <a href="http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf" rel="nofollow">the latest edition of the Iraq Index from the Brookings Institution</a> gives the following information:about 3,700 Iraqi military and police have been killed as of December 11, 2005, and also, as of December 11, 4,972 deaths from IEDs (so we know at least that number for certain has been caused by the terrorists). The number of insurgents detained or killed (they don't seperate killed only) as of the end of November is a whopping 57,470(!!!)... All figures are of course estimates... Clint, the latest edition of the Iraq Index from the Brookings Institution gives the following information:about 3,700 Iraqi military and police have been killed as of December 11, 2005, and also, as of December 11, 4,972 deaths from IEDs (so we know at least that number for certain has been caused by the terrorists).

The number of insurgents detained or killed (they don’t seperate killed only) as of the end of November is a whopping 57,470(!!!)…

All figures are of course estimates…

]]> By: Clint http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-8924 Clint Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:14:41 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/#comment-8924 Aha! The moonbats will take careful note of your defeaning silence on the question of whether his candor was in fact "refreshing" as you previously claimed. On a more serious note, being a statistics hound, I'd love to see more numbers on deaths of Iraqi troops and of insurgents (I know it's not the most important statistic in the war, but the incredibly lopsided mortality rates are relevant), and clearer numbers on how many of the 30,000 were killed directly by coalition action and how many were killed directly by "insurgent" action (including terrorists). It seems likely that a prominent Democrat within the next week or two will make an off-hand comment about how we've killed 30,000 Iraqis... probably linked to a positive comment on the elections with the magical word: "but". Aha! The moonbats will take careful note of your defeaning silence on the question of whether his candor was in fact “refreshing” as you previously claimed.

On a more serious note, being a statistics hound, I’d love to see more numbers on deaths of Iraqi troops and of insurgents (I know it’s not the most important statistic in the war, but the incredibly lopsided mortality rates are relevant), and clearer numbers on how many of the 30,000 were killed directly by coalition action and how many were killed directly by “insurgent” action (including terrorists). It seems likely that a prominent Democrat within the next week or two will make an off-hand comment about how we’ve killed 30,000 Iraqis… probably linked to a positive comment on the elections with the magical word: “but”.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-8923 Mark Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:46:28 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/#comment-8923 <del datetime="2005-12-13T16:47:04+00:00">Thanks, I'll check it out...</del> Oh, I've actually seen that one and posted on it...you might have missed it. Yes, that report is quite alarming, if understandable; I think this story is the strongest indication yet of how serious this situation is becoming... Thanks, I’ll check it out… Oh, I’ve actually seen that one and posted on it…you might have missed it. Yes, that report is quite alarming, if understandable; I think this story is the strongest indication yet of how serious this situation is becoming…

]]> By: dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-8922 dmac Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:35:32 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/12/13/bushs-casualty-estimate-part-two/#comment-8922 Mark - at the risk of changing the subject, you may find this latest report on the Israeli plans for a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities interesting... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1920074,00.html Mark – at the risk of changing the subject, you may find this latest report on the Israeli plans for a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities interesting…

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1920074,00.html

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