Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics (That Lie).

Buried deep in the bipartisan Iraq Study Group's report is a quite incredible assertion.

"U.S. military and intelligence officials have systematically underreported the violence in Iraq in order to suit the Bush Administration's goals."

"Systematically underreported" means "lied about".

Why is this not being covered? (In fact, more to the point, why is it virtually being covered up?) Another example of the liberal media?

It is extraordinary to me that the panel can illustrate its point by referring to one day last July when U.S. officials reported 93 attacks or significant acts of violence. "Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence," it said.

Perhaps that estimate of 650,000 dead that was 'not credible' according to the White House was, in fact, a hell of a lot more credible that their own numbers.

And perhaps if our country was made aware of that remarkable figure, we would be pulling out of Iraq right now.