tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post8835118620663454650..comments2024-01-24T11:15:02.475-06:00Comments on Sen Sen No Sen: A Crass But Necessary AccountingPBIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05643553811799195520noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post-52217177747544972612007-01-25T08:56:00.000-06:002007-01-25T08:56:00.000-06:00The mounting death toll is certainly more profound...The mounting death toll is certainly more profound than any number can measure no matter what the methodology used to obtain it, and that fact conveniently escapes Bush. <br /><br />Beyond the immediate human suffering, and tragedy of lost lives, the opportunity costs will resonate with us for decades because of the forgoing of other issues in order to pay for the war. <br /><br />The following quote from your post is what strikes me as the second largest cost to America of the war, the first of course being the soldiers that have struggled, been severely injured and disabled, or been killed in Iraq.<br /><br /><i>In other words, for what we spend on the occupation of Iraq in a year, we could provide health coverage to every American who needed it, preschool education for all children prior to kindergarten, make meaningful strides to protect ourselves from terrorism, push forward research into a cure for a major killer, and make children in every country on earth healthier. And we'd still have nearly $50 billion left over.</i>Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11185669531244902662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post-33944843050780764022007-01-21T11:35:00.000-06:002007-01-21T11:35:00.000-06:00Anonymous,
Thank you for catching this! I had ac...Anonymous,<br /><br />Thank you for catching this! I had accidentally posted an early draft of this post which relied on incorrect third-party information about IBC methodology. Corrected information is now included.<br /><br />Apologies, and thanks again.PBIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643553811799195520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post-55411947437105783892007-01-21T09:02:00.000-06:002007-01-21T09:02:00.000-06:00"The IBC fails to ... count deaths unaccompanied b..."The IBC fails to ... count deaths unaccompanied by death certificates"<br /><br />This seems untrue to me. Where did you hear this?<br /><br />"and [IBC] disregards counts or reports from non-English media like al Jazeera."<br /><br />This is obviously untrue. I see Al-Jazeera in their list of sources, and I see it in the entries all over their database. Also in their list of sources is:<br /><br />Al-Zaman<br />Al-Alam TV<br />Al Arabiya TV<br />Al-Furat<br />Al-Ittihad<br />Al Jazeera (Web)<br />Al Jazeera TV<br />Al Sharqiyah TV...(etc.)<br /><br />to name a fewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com