Damn Bush's war has killed another 19 soldiers this week

[59millionmorons]

My question is why do I have to wait until "This Week" to get these numbers. Where the hell is the media reporting on this. Oh thats right the swift boat liars are more important.

[VolcanoJen]

1. Yet, the media likes to slip this comment into their Iraq coverage:

"... blah blah blah, as things have begun to calm down since the transfer of sovereignty."

Has anyone else noticed that? I keep hearing this "opinion" on my local news broadcasts, and have even heard it muttered by the likes of Wolf Blitzer on CNN.

Things are calming down in Iraq? Can they be serious about that?

[markses]

3. Of course things are not calming down

There have been 104 US deaths since the "turnover" of power to Allawi's comprador faction. Moreover, the 100 deaths in July and August 2004 represents an increase of 22% over the same period in 2003 (82) - and August isn't even over yet by a longshot! The notion that things have calmed down is contradicted by the facts on all counts. The Shia are in revolt again, the so-called Sunni Triangle is not at all pacified, and still produces a large number of US KIAs weekly, and oil exportation in the south has been severely hampered. Moreover, August has been the THIRD deadliest month for our coalition partners, bested by only March 2003 and November 2003 - the first being the first month of the war and the second being the month when many Italian troops were killed by a massive car bombing in Nassiriya. Calmer? Meanwhile, car bombings continue across Iraq, the Iraqi Conference and US Embassy compound are hit by increasingly accurate and increasingly frequent mortar fire, truckers refuse to transport goods over the insurgent-controlled Iraqi road system, and even the representatives of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani suggest that the American forces are no longer required in Iraq. By what standard are things calmer now than they were in May and June?

[VolcanoJen]

5. Well, I agree 100%, but the media seems to feel differently.

In my post, I should have stressed this point: I want to know what is behind the media insisting that things have calmed down in Iraq, when the truth is so evident and contrary almost daily.

What's the motivation for them to divert their collective attention until moments of "big battles" and "great tension" such as the lead-up to the phony sovereignty handover, and the current, dire situation in Najaf. Why on earth aren't they interested anymore? Are they really that owned, because, as much as that nags me, it just seems so sinister.

I'm more upset than usual tonight...

[spanone]

2. meanwhile the country frets over 35 year old bullshit.

This is INTENTIONAL. God forbid that we take a look into the crimes being committed daily by bushco in Iraq.

[Davis_X_Machina]

4. War's over. Ended on 30 June.

Only Iraqis are dying. It's their problem now.

Read your memos from the WH.

Now watch this drive.