The Surge is a success! (Or not.)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

Right.

This, from the Kuwaiti News Agency (via :ugh: Drudge)


BAGHDAD, March 14 (KUNA) -- The rate of killings of US troops in Iraq has been on the decline, down by 60 percent, since the launch of the new security measures in Baghdad, according to statistics revealed by the Multi-National Force -Iraq Combined Press Information Centre.

Only 17 members of the US military in Iraq have been killed since February 14 till March 13, compared to 42 from January 13 to February 13; the rate was on the decline during the first month of the security crackdown, compared to a month before.


http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=961365


OK, now go to iCasualties and have a look at how those numbers stack up in context. EVERYONE should look at this, even if you don't give a hoot about the surge:

(It's the first chart.)
http://icasualties.org/oif_a/CasualtyTrends.htm

So... Not only can you not tell anything about anything from those numbers due to the short time frame, but they actually represent a net INCREASE over last summer.

Mighty shaky to draw any conclusions from data from the last month and a half, eh?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

1. Kick.

As much as I despise kicking my own threads...