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As to the second, coming as it does from the strictly non-partisan and unbiased Weekly Standard, there may be another reason that the New York Times declined to publish, aside from its long-standing commitment to the destruction of everything that is good and holy. I point to these figures…
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It was published in the Weekly Standard after the New York Times refused to print it.
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Lets just say that these numbers are open to some criticism. May I assume that you are already entirely aware of those criticisms?
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Snowfall in my area has diminished by 100% over the past six months. Pine trees in the house, which used to be a notable condition, have been absent as well during that time. There has been a dramatic drop-off in red and white hearts on cards and candies around here as well.
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It was published in the Weekly Standard after the New York Times refused to print it.
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Yes, Sam, I know, you mentioned that. Made rather a point of it, or, more accuratly, an innuendo. To the effect that to hear “both sides of the story”, which is to suggest “the truth”, one must turn to the Weekly Standard. Shall we bore the Gentle Reader to tears with a comprehensive litany of the lies, balderdash and tommyrot that have been issued from that august publication?
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Lets just say that these numbers are open to some criticism. May I assume that you are already entirely aware of those criticisms?
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To provide a less snarky response to this logical error, does anyone have a graph of violence in Iraq by month, with separate lines for each year? I think that superimposing the years on one another would make it eminently clear to anyone that the typical seasonal changes can’t be pointed to as an indicator of specific change from this past winter to this summer.
Several. Check the archives at ThinkProgress, Eschaton, etc. I would run and fetch them for you, but I’m lazy and easily…ooh! shiny!
Oooopsie!
Iraq Sunni Arabs say deal won’t end boycott
Double ooopsie!
Iraq Body Count Running at Double Pace
– my highlights.
Sorry to harsh your mellow with the pungent smell of reality reality, Sam. But you know what a mean lefty SOB I am. I leave “subtle” to my much better suited comrades.
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To provide a less snarky response to this logical error, does anyone have a graph of violence in Iraq by month, with separate lines for each year? I think that superimposing the years on one another would make it eminently clear to anyone that the typical seasonal changes can’t be pointed to as an indicator of specific change from this past winter to this summer.
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These might help give you a fairly good picture:
And, of course, I can always depend on good ol’ Red! My dawg!
You may find this one helpful as well as it is quite detailed: Is the Surge Working? Data Suggest “No”
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And, of course, I can always depend on good ol’ Red! My dawg!
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. I do what I can to help.
Woof!
Sic 'em!
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Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties achieve consensus
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Of course, the Shi’ites can’t even “achieve consensus” amongst themselves, since it appears that at least three different Shi’ite groups are fighting for control of Basra and environs.
I hope I don’t need to provide a cite, since this has been widely covered in the news, and I’m feeling lazy right now.
And does anyone speak for all or even most of the Sunnis anyway? The fragmentation of Sunni insurgent groups is old news.
Ahmadinejad’s got Bush’s back.
We can’t lose!