Comments on: About That 600,000 Iraq Death Count… http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:05:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Why? For them? http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-115155 Why? For them? Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:16:59 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-115155 I keep seeing the people on this blog talking about "Americans" and "Iraqis". The last time I checked, the world was round, and we are all PEOPLE... The ones who are creating all this hatred between nations are the very people who stand to benefit from our separation. Why aren't they out on the front lines? And why are we still bickering? I keep seeing the people on this blog talking about “Americans” and “Iraqis”. The last time I checked, the world was round, and we are all PEOPLE… The ones who are creating all this hatred between nations are the very people who stand to benefit from our separation. Why aren’t they out on the front lines? And why are we still bickering?

]]> By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-89386 probligo Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:46:28 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-89386 "What makes you think she lives in Baghdad? Maybe she lives in Waziristan or Dearborn. How can we know?" Tin-foil hat time again... the aliens are back! “What makes you think she lives in Baghdad? Maybe she lives in Waziristan or Dearborn. How can we know?”

Tin-foil hat time again… the aliens are back!

]]> By: sleipner http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-89008 sleipner Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:58:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-89008 Sounds about right to me...maybe slightly exaggerated but far more accurate than the whitewashed totals our government sells to the conservative media. Sounds about right to me…maybe slightly exaggerated but far more accurate than the whitewashed totals our government sells to the conservative media.

]]> By: gal http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88121 gal Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:22:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88121 Funny, it fascinates me how easily Americans fall for American propaganda. Funny, it fascinates me how easily Americans fall for American propaganda.

]]> By: Abu Nudnik http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88057 Abu Nudnik Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:04:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88057 It fascinates me how easily Americans fall for anti-American propaganda. Are you sure you-all ain't Liberal Party hacks blogging from Ottawa? It fascinates me how easily Americans fall for anti-American propaganda. Are you sure you-all ain’t Liberal Party hacks blogging from Ottawa?

]]> By: Abu Nudnik http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88055 Abu Nudnik Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:01:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88055 What makes you think she lives in Baghdad? Maybe she lives in Waziristan or Dearborn. How can we know? What makes you think she lives in Baghdad? Maybe she lives in Waziristan or Dearborn. How can we know?

]]> By: gal http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88023 gal Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:42:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88023 And here we see why we're hailed as liberators... And here we see why we’re hailed as liberators…

]]> By: DosPeros http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88000 DosPeros Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:54:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-88000 Lets take a look at what the gem has had to say: 8-30-2003 <blockquote>Americans don’t bother raiding the houses in areas like that (Sader City)… raids are exclusively for decent people who can’t shoot back or attack. Raids are for the poor people in Ramadi, Ba’aquba and Mosul.</blockquote> Well, with two brother is the U.S. military and a bunch of friends risking their lives over there, let me give a big FUCK YOU to Riverbend. It is Iraqis like her that tell me we should pack our bags today and send everyone home in 48 hours. Somehow I think Riverbend would find a reason to go back to school in the UK in that event. Lets take a look at what the gem has had to say:

8-30-2003

Americans don’t bother raiding the houses in areas like that (Sader City)… raids are exclusively for decent people who can’t shoot back or attack. Raids are for the poor people in Ramadi, Ba’aquba and Mosul.

Well, with two brother is the U.S. military and a bunch of friends risking their lives over there, let me give a big FUCK YOU to Riverbend.

It is Iraqis like her that tell me we should pack our bags today and send everyone home in 48 hours. Somehow I think Riverbend would find a reason to go back to school in the UK in that event.

]]> By: rachel http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-87848 rachel Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:40:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-87848 DosPeros, Since she lives in Baghdad, odds are fair she'll be killed by "accident"--the odds go way up if anybody there traces out who she is in RL. Would stopping her from “sharing her voice� that way suit you? DosPeros,

Since she lives in Baghdad, odds are fair she’ll be killed by “accident”–the odds go way up if anybody there traces out who she is in RL. Would stopping her from “sharing her voiceâ€Â? that way suit you?

]]> By: DosPeros http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-87694 DosPeros Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:21:45 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-87694 Is there anyway I can get her stop "sharing her voice"? It is a whiny, defeatist, NAG voice. We should tape her voice and share it for interrogation purposes - now that's the definition of torture. Is there anyway I can get her stop “sharing her voice”? It is a whiny, defeatist, NAG voice. We should tape her voice and share it for interrogation purposes - now that’s the definition of torture.

]]> By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-87655 probligo Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:27:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/19/about-that-600000-iraq-death-count/#comment-87655 Justin, thank you. This is not the first time that the Lancet has published a statistics based death count for Iraq. They did the same process back about 2 years if I remember. The basis as I understand it is that used for death counts in famine and disease epidemics in remote and poor regions. It is a reasonably sound and proven statistical approach from that point of view, but not when the politics get in the way. And thank you too. I drop in to Riverbend at least once a week, but the last time was about 2 weeks back. I was getting most concerned about her apparent absence. Her last post was July 30, and with the number of other moderate Iraq bloggers who stopped publishing around then through to mid August, I was worried about what was going on. Justin, thank you.

This is not the first time that the Lancet has published a statistics based death count for Iraq. They did the same process back about 2 years if I remember.

The basis as I understand it is that used for death counts in famine and disease epidemics in remote and poor regions. It is a reasonably sound and proven statistical approach from that point of view, but not when the politics get in the way.

And thank you too. I drop in to Riverbend at least once a week, but the last time was about 2 weeks back. I was getting most concerned about her apparent absence. Her last post was July 30, and with the number of other moderate Iraq bloggers who stopped publishing around then through to mid August, I was worried about what was going on.

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