"Wash Post" Says Military Is "Cherry-Picking" Facts to Prove Iraqi Violence Down

Editor & Publisher:

With the "surge" report due next week, the U.S. military's claim that violence has decreased sharply in Iraq in recent months "has come under scrutiny from many experts within and outside the government, who contend that some of the underlying statistics are questionable and selectively ignore negative trends," The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung reveals today.

The Post carries her detailed report on page A16.

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Comments

[ronspri]

11:33 AM on 09/06/2007

Of course Nyla. These people are proud they don't care what the people want. Saying they ignore polls and being proud of it because in their twisted mentality that makes them "strong leaders". What a bunch of brainwash crap!

[Macready]

11:46 AM on 09/06/2007

It sure is a bunch of crap . . . these guys lie as a matter of course . . . they lied about Iraq from the very beginning -- they shamelessly used 9/11 to do it . . . there will be little truth in the report . . . and then the chimp will ask for more money . . . this is all made worse . . . by the fact that we have a go-along Congress without the will or the inclination to stop these criminals . . . impeachment is the only answer . . . it is the only way to rid America of this scum . . . but will Congress abide by the will of the people . . . that is the big question

[Nyla785]

10:26 AM on 09/06/2007

No one thinks this 'report' on Iraq is going to be ANYTHING resembling the truth. Notice how the Republicans just dismiss what the public wants--from troop withdrawal to healthcare to the Constitution. It's like they are in their own little world.

[tafkaMinneapolisMike]

10:08 AM on 09/06/2007

Any supposed "facts" that are not in line with a post 9/11 ideology are not facts at all but simple rhetoric doing nothing but giving aid and comfort to our enemies.

Whatever our beloved leaders believe to be true must be true simply because they believe it. Black is white. Up is down. Do not believe whatever you see or read but only what they tell you is real. They keep you safe so you must believe them.

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