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The tiresome and ghoulish MSM litany of the US body count continues. Meanwhile, they say nothing about how many terrorists have been killed there, again trying to create the illusion of invulnerability for the terrorist forces in Iraq. The MSM and the terrorists are clearly in open collusion and clearly working hand in hand to demoralize the US public. The sniper video given to CNN is only one of myriads of examples of this.

The f*** up thing is that if the Pentagon tells the public that we have killed two thousands terrorist insurgents this month, liberals and their media will be screaming “Pentagon playing the numbers games”. But if they report the number of dead US soldiers and the all different statistics regarding our casualties in each article they write it is not the numbers game they are just reporting the news. Fifty years liberals and their media will be executed for treason and for aiding the enemy.

Let's look at the facts: Total American casualties [dead and wounded] have been declining since 2004.

2004

Dead: 848 [719 KIA]; wounded: 7,998 Total: 8,846

2005

Dead: 846 [676 KIA]; wounded: 5,943; Total: 6,789

2006 thru October 30

Dead: 634 [KIA 546]; wounded: 4,338 [thru Oct 25]; Total: 4,972

More than half of the wounded returned to duty within 72 hours.

In October 2005, we suffered 96 dead with 78 KIAs. In October 2006 thru the 30th, we have suffered 101 dead with 96 KIAs. The MSM, as usual, has blown this small uptick out of proportion and ignored the long term trend. Our casualties have been falling from year to year no doubt due to better armor, tactics, and more Iraqi involvement in taking over the burden of fighting. Barring a major change on the battlefield, 2006 will mark another decline in US casualties for the second straight year.

The Iraqis have lost, to date, 5,670 dead military/police. In October 2006, they lost 204 dead. They have lost twice the number we have since the war began. Yet, their sacrifice is ignored by the MSM and the Dems and sadly, Reps.

These facts need to get out. I don't like to use US casualties as a scorecard as to whether we are winning or not, but they have been declining from year to year.