Upside the head

That’s what happens to this commenter at Confederateyankee:

Q: So if America is winning than

Why are there more terrorist attacks in Iraq than less?
Why can the insurgents strike at will in all parts of the country?
Why have more civilians been killed than ever before?
Why are the civilians arming themselves and forming militias?
Why are reconstruction projects running out of funds and running behind schedule?
Why isn’t the electric shortage eased?
Why does Iraq have to import oil?
Why is Bush requesting even more money for Iraq?
Why hasn’t the Iraqi army stepped up and American soldiers sent home?
Why do they have to shut the whole country down to have an election?
Why has the collation casualty rate stayed at a steady 2.3 killed a day for the last three years?Why has the Collation of the Willing gotten smaller rather than larger?
Why has the Coalition been flying supplies around the country rather than on the ground?
Why did you quantify your comment with “recent months”?
Do you think that your comment stands if you say years?

Posted by: salvage at April 4, 2006 01:41 PM

A: I don't have time to do a complete response to Mr. Salvage, however, a few highlights:

(1) daily terrorist attacks in Iraq have been falling steadily for the past five months;
(2) despite an uptick in Civilian deaths following the shrine attack in Feb., Civilian death actually peaked during the Summer of 2005 and have fallen considerably since then;
(3) the Collation death rate for March was about 1.07 per day (if you include non-hostile deaths) if you count only deaths from hostile action the casualty rate for March was less than 1 per day and has been falling steadily since October; and
(4) insurgent attacks are effectively limited to three provinces in Iraq. Look it up.

Posted by: BMcBurney at April 4, 2006 02:10 PM

Ouch.