From the Financial Times via Free Republic,
The US military says the number of civilian deaths has also fallen 60 per cent since the surge took effect, with a drop of 75 per cent in Baghdad. According to icasualties.org, the average monthly US death toll dropped from 96 for the first half of 2007 to 66 in the past four months. The average monthly death toll for Iraqi civilians and security forces has dropped from 2,157 to 1,223 in the same period.
What a terrible way to begin the Thanksgiving holiday (for Democrats). They were almost certainly looking forward to eating some turkey, wishing it was Bush, and reveling in any news that was bad for America. They might have to cancel the whole holiday now. Well, I guess they can still join liberals in Seattle in loathing their country tomorrow.
The rest of us, though, can give thanks tomorrow for, along with all the other multitude of blessings that God has bestowed on us, for reduced violence and risk to our troops and Iraqi civilians.
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