Thursday, October 12, 2006

Death by Numbers

The recent claim, made by Lancet, regarding the number of dead Iraqis (I’ve noted some media publications put the number at 655,000 and others at 600,000) since the U.S. stomped into the country appears rather outlandish.  In a post at Samizdata titled Inherently incredible, Robert Clayton Dean provides perspective.

It exceeds by 25% the casualties (450,000) , military and civilian, suffered by Great Britain in all of World War II, including the Blitz, the African campaign, the Pacific campaign, and of course the European campaign.

It exceeds by 25% the casualties (460,000), military and civilian, suffered by Italy in all of World War II.

It exceeds the casualties (562,000), military and civilian, suffered by France in World War II, including the initial battles with the Germans, the Occupation, and the reconquest by the Allies.

Dean also notes that the death rate of 2.6%, as published by Lancet, exceeds the death rate in countries where the Nazis practiced their Holocaust methods during WWII.

Death by numbers indeed.

Posted by John Venlet on 10/12 at 01:20 PM
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