Reply #20: And what percentage of the levees in NO held? [View All]

[matt819]

That's one heck of a 20% that remains insecure, judging from headlines over the past couple of days.

And, remember, it's 80% secure only until it's not 80% secure. Security is not a fixed thing. It changes from day to day, depending in many ways on the occupying force actions elsehwere in Iraq (generating responses from the opposition) and the ability of the occupying force to ensure and enforce that security, which is subject to change depending on budget, manpower, etc.

So, using that 80% figure, that means that 5 million Iraqis - 20% of the population, more or less -- are insecure. Gosh, transfer that over to the US, and I suppose that would mean that 72 million Americans are insecure. Hmmm. Okay, 80% of the country is secure. Was Baghdad a part of that 80%? If so, what accounts for the events over the past couple of days? Or perhaps that 80% secure is not necessarily contiguous, so that only unconnected parts of the country are just fine.

What a ridiculous numbers game these guys are playing. Though, while they're at it, keep in mind that one of the key numbers coming up shortly is 2,000 - Americans who've died for this folly.