It seemed like I was hearing more and more reports of violence in Iraq lately, so I thought I’d plot it up and see if I was imagining it or not. Apparently not:
As you can see from the trendline, the casualty rate is up almost 50% since the beginning of the year. I do hope we have a better plan to address this than:
“It is time for us to transition to the Iraqis. They need to take responsibility for their country and for their sovereignty.”
Words to die by.
[Data from Iraq Body Count]
