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State Of The Union Speech Also Calls For Patience In Iraq, Fast Action On Economic Plan

[donbl1]

J, you were assuming it would not have grown after the Clintons. It was on an upward trend. Probably would have continued UP.

[j-whitman]

dontb1,,,, Get off the Clinton did it rhetoric will you ? It''s not helping in the War on Terrror
----- Global Terrorism has increased, not decreased on Bush''s Watch

[j-whitman]

dontb ---- Assuming status quo ???? I don''t think our State Depts saying Global Terrorism has increased by 25% is assuming statuus quo, do you ?????

[donbl1]

formr: Iraq production. My original comment was about supply.

[donbl1]

J, look at it like this.....

Under the Clinton''s, the terrorism against America was on an upward spiral which "could" have continued up.....

In addition, how many million fervent Wahhabis are there? How many fewer now....?

Are you guys going to go talk to each one of those crazy guys? Sounds like a tough job, to me....

[formrusmcsgt]

formr, you need to check your data as it is wrong.

Posted by donbl1 at 05:48 PM : Jan 29, 2008

And to which "data" do you refer?

[donbl1]

J, but that is assuming status quo..... you are not a status quo guy, are you? Your assumptions assume steady state would have continued and, we know, steady state is just a moment in time we pass through to the new reality.

[j-whitman]

dontb1,,,,, Terrorist Attack Incidents and Fatalities, 01/01/98 - 08/11/2006 (In the past 2 years they''ve increased even more.

Removing 9/11 from the picture shows a 300 percent increase in fatalities for the post-9/11 period (including Iraq) or an 80 percent increase (excluding Iraq) when compared with the pre-9/11 period. The comparable change with regard to incidents is 168 percent increase with Iraq and 76 percent increase without.

It is also worth noting, that if we divide the post-9/11 period into two equal halves (not shown in table), the number of terrorism fatalities is greater in the second half than in the first -- even when Iraq is excluded: approximately 4772 fatalities in the first half versus approximately 5177 in the second. Thus: there is no support in this data for the proposition that the post-9/11 surge in terrorism fatalities is abating.

[formrusmcsgt]

formr, you need to check your data as it is wrong.

Posted by donbl1 at 05:48 PM : Jan 29, 2008

And to which "data" do you refer?

[donbl1]

formr, you need to check your data as it is wrong.