Update [20080602 14:00 EDT]: Ace calls-out the WaPo for, well, something positive - and in the process restates a very good question the WaPo asks in their editorial. Moving on...
Well, not really so much a surprise actually - not when there's an IRAQ IS A DISASTER meme to proliferate.
Quote:
Iraq hits milestones on U.S. troop deaths, oilU.S. troop deaths in Iraq fell to their lowest level last month since the 2003 invasion and officials said on Sunday improved security also helped the country boost oil production in May to a post-war high.
Now, who else found the first graph more than a little detached from the head? Only me?
Quote:
The U.S. military said 19 soldiers died in May, the lowest monthly death toll in a five-year-old war that has so far claimed the lives of more than 4,000 American soldiers.
US casualties at a 5-year, war-time low - Democrats and other assorted America-haters hardest hit.
Good grief, could they be more partisan?
US casualties at a 5-year, war-time low - Democrats and other assorted America-haters hardest hit. - freaking awesome line, doc!
Unfair. Unbalanced. Unmedicated.