Iraq Casualties Decline, Headlines About Troop Casualties Suddenly Dry Up
When troop casualties in Iraq hit peak highs the media always considers it newsworthy. When casualties hit lows...not so much.
May of this year had the highest casualty rate since April 2004, with 126. Since then, we’ve suffered 101 in June, 79 in July, 84 in August, and now 59 for September.
It’s easy to see that since the troop surge began earlier this year, things have stabilized to a great degree and even the Democrat presidential candidates now admit we cannot just bug out of Iraq or there will be total carnage.
So let’s see how many headlines this gets once the month is over.
I’m guessing there will be a few headlines, but they won’t get the same coverage high casualty numbers do. Because news which indicates we might be doing well in Iraq isn’t important. Just news that makes it look like we’re losing.
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