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12 October 2006
Whom do you believe . . .
. . . Johns Hopkins University scientists funded by MIT? Or George Bush?
Our total estimate [601,027 Iraqi deaths] is much higher than other mortality estimates because we used a population-based, active method for collecting mortality information rather than passive methods that depend on counting bodies or tabulated media reports of violent deaths,said Johns Hopkins researcher Gilbert Burnham, one of the principal authors of the study.
Bush and his minions were not happy with the report and immediate sought to shoot it down, saying its methodology was flawed.
"I don't consider it a credible report," Bush said at a White House news conference. The study's methodology, he added, "is pretty well discredited."
Discredited? By whom? By Karl Rove and Dick Cheney, those well-known seekers after truth? By the Army brass, whose stars are on the line? Gimme a break.
Posted by EDN on October 12, 2006 at 10:18 AM in War(s) | Permalink
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No breaks. You get no break EDN. If the World Can't Wait, you are not to be granted any breaks.
Posted by: Vigilante | Oct 13, 2006 8:51:35 AM
Famous Amerikkka hater Noam Chomsky is a professor of linguistics at MIT. He certainly has not been afraid to bend the truth to forward his agenda.
Citing MIT as source of funding does little to add legitimacy. Johns Hopkins institute appearing on one's paycheck also does little to assure they don't have an agenda. Instead of attacking or endorsing sources, the intelligent citizen should look at the study itself and objectively consider the study's methodology. I have and believe it is not without flaws, but can't say for certain the numbers are false.
I can say that if nearly 700,000 Iraqis have killed each other since we liberated them from Saddam's tyranny, good riddance to them. The world is overpopulated anyway.
Sound callous? We did not create the kind of animals that dragged bodies through the streets of Fallujah- Saddam did, the sooner he was deposed the sooner that country will re-enter the humanity of the 21st century.
Posted by: batvette | Oct 15, 2006 3:39:32 AM
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