The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Nephythys]

Here are some random thoughts-

365 days a year x 2 years = 365 x 2 = 730

so we get :

655000 divided by 730 days = 897.26 deaths PER DAY in Iraq to get this figure that the Lancet decided on.

For Gods sake the morgues would be full to overflowing, the hospitals would be crammed full..and no one even reported this????

That all the media that has been so busy trashing every minute detail in Iraq MISSED a bodycount that resembles the Black Plague???

Wait..the last report had 100,000 dead in what..2004?? Now the figure has jumped to FIVE TIMES THAT NUMBER and not ONE person has reported this???

And people are FALLING for this???

No, it wasn't true at all. Even assuming that all of the accounts were accurate, the "researchers" didn't attempt to actually count bodies, they did a statistical analysis. And by doing so, they came up with a mean estimate for deaths of 98,000... with a 95% confidence interval of 0.92. Yes, that means that the margin of error was NINETY-TWO FRICKIN' PERCENT. 92%! How could any supposedly reputable researcher even release a study with such a ludicrous margin of error? How could a supposedly reputable academic journal (The Lancet) have published it?

That number is bull shyt and much too high .The American Civil War in four years on both sides produced six hundred eighteen thousand dead (618,000)and that was the bloodiest American war to date.

Hmmm......yeah.