What's Being Left Out
Well, it's now wall to wall election coverage for the next day or two at least.As we pass into the 7th day of this month, there have been 18 U.S. military casualties in Iraq so far in November. That includes a helicopter crash, killing two.
In the last two days I have yet to see one report in the news, from the myriad of sources I check every day, that would inform the American people of this fact. Astounding as well is how fast the fact that 105 U.S. military personnel perished in October has been swept under the rug by the mainstream media as they pursue all the horserace "drama" of the midterms.
Just to add a little perspective, the last time we had more American losses than this October was January of 2005. In addition, October's losses are the the fourth highest monthly total for the entire war. And given the numbers for November so far, we're in for another horrific month.
All this shows a major escalation in attacks on American troops in Iraq. The media's nowhere to be found on this. I'm unsurprised as usual.
My heart goes out to all that have lost loved ones and friends.
posted by FuzzFinger @ 11/07/2006 12:18:00 AM
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