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  • Reporting on the 2,000th American Death in Iraq

    10/23/2005 12:22:39 PM PDT · by Congressman Billybob · 47 replies · 2,658+ views
    Special to FreeFrepublic ^ | 23 October, 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)
    Shortly, the 2,000th death of an American serviceman or woman will occur in Iraq. That will generate an orgy of coverage in the American press on how “deadly” the war is. Sidebars will suggest that citizens are becoming “increasingly doubtful” about the conduct of the war. This Newsbusters article denounces that coverage as dishonest, in advance. I wrote on 24 April, 2004, that the War on Terror is the LEAST bloody war in the history of the United States, measured by deaths per month. This is true going back to the Revolutionary War, even though the nation’s population then was...