Good News! Murder rate in Baghdad cut in half .....

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

… if you only count half the bodies

The U.S. military did not count people killed by bombs, mortars, rockets or other mass attacks — including suicide bombings — when it reported a dramatic drop in the number of murders around Baghdad last month, the U.S. command said Monday.

I guess when reality doesn’t measure up to your politcal masters ideologcal requirements, you just lie to make them happy.

[Ponder_Stibbons]

Oh, it’s worse than lying. It’s statistics.

[hawthorne]

When they released the murder rate figures, U.S. officials and their Iraqi counterparts were eager to show progress

You have to watch that word show: show progress, show leadership. Could be something, could be corrupted measures and theatre.

It’s all very Yes Minister.

Johnson would not provide the figures used to calculate the percentages and said the military would not give detailed information about trends because it could provide “our enemy information they need to adjust their tactics and procedures to be more effective against us.”

, where “effective” is defined as “effective as measured by key performance indicators developed in consultation with major stakeholders”.

John Vann’s dead, right?

[Merijeek]

@hawthorne

John Vann’s dead, right?

He may be only half dead. How did he die? :dubious:

-Joe

[Contrapuntal]

@Tapioca Dextrin

… if you only count half the bodies

I guess when reality doesn’t measure up to your politcal masters ideologcal requirements, you just lie to make them happy.

EddyTeddyFreddy beat you to it.