And, yes, I DO take it personally: 16,164 casualties magically erased

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Friday, February 02, 2007

16,164 casualties magically erased

why, ferchrissake, not simply adjust the figures to reflect BOTH categories, rather than using your statistical magic slate to make 'em disappear...?

On Monday, the bottom line of the Defense Department’s Web page on casualties in Iraq listed a total of 47,657 “nonmortal casualties.”

By Tuesday, the same page no longer showed a total for nonmortal casualties. The bottom line is now “total — medical air transported,” and the figure is 31,493.

The new total excludes 16,164 troops who were wounded but did not require medical air transport because their injuries were minor. The total does include combat wounds, nonhostile injuries and diseases serious enough for medical transport.

i am so ashamed of my government...

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