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A surge of phony spin on Iraq
Bush's backers are peddling a sunny view of the president's strategy -- despite Iraq's political chaos and soaring death counts.
By Juan Cole [2007-08-07]

  • Thanks -- seriously! -- for this depressing 'surge' of reality, Dr. Cole.

    I've seen "reduction in violence" cited endlessly, but no one's corrected the record for July, yet, except for you.

    Caught one typo, highlighted below (our resident trolls will call it a Freudian slip):

    ...

    July 2006: 43

    July 2007: 80

    Meanwhile, the statistics for the hapless Iraqis themselves are no less encouraging. According to ...

    I hope you will make yourself available in September to provide your fact-checking services to Congress while it is weighing Petraeus' and Crocker's report. I don't hold out much hope, though, considering the FISA outcome.

    -- psyberdawg
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    Monday, August 6, 2007 09:42 PM
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