See the following in the Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EUIICWHGBHCMJQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/16/ntroops116.xml


Brown urged to plan Iraq withdrawal


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EUIICWHGBHCMJQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/16/ntroops316.xml

WHAT DO THE BATTLION OFFICERS KNOW ABOUT ,MORALE,AND BUDGETS,LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS : SUCH AS 'DR' REID ( RYHMES WITH LIED) OUR FORMER RECENTLY DEPARTED HOME SECRETARY,IS ON RECORD AS STATING THE CAMPAIGN IN A'STAN,COULD BE ACHIEVED 'WITHOUT A SHOT BEING FIRED' ,NICE GOING A-WIPE! YOU'VE GOT YOUR GOLD PLATED PENSION,AND OUR TROOPS HAVE ON OCCASION NEARLY RAN OUT OF BULLETS.

hamishw wrote:

See the following in the Daily Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EUIICWHGBHCMJQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/16/ntroops116.xml

Statistics are very malleable things. In WWII there were large numbers of casualities in specific areas and at specific times, but they got statistically diluted due to overall numbers of military [many hundreds of thousands, indeed millions], and their wide distribution. Nevertheless, I empathise with the drift of the article.

There are lies, damned lies, and there are statistics. I think that covers the arguement nicely.

Yours Aye

Arthur R-S