Iraqi Metrics (CM)

Michael O’Hanlon writes:

The bottom line, that must not be forgotten amid all the competing reports and confusion and politics, is that U.S. government databases show clear and significant reductions in Iraqi civilian fatalities over the course of 2007.

It is way, way too soon to talk of stability in Iraq, and the lack of political progress there makes our long-term prospects for even partial success modest at best. However, at least on the battlefields, we have clearly been headed in the right direction.

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Also, according to USA Today, “American fatalities in Iraq in September appear to have reached the lowest levels in more than a year.”

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