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Thank God, a logical response.

Collecting stats will always be a problem in a war zone I suppose. I agree with you that perhaps there could be some small discrepancies here, but I doubt they would be something to major.

I take his word on the CIA stats being the best, there were stats before this time, so a comparison can still be made to the pre-surge time.

I do think that Ethno-sectarian violence can decrease and still have a high number of deaths, but in every situation I suppose statistics can always be put under question, confirmed even by your own quotes saying that they varied greatly.

I agree with you 100% on your last few question, I have been asking that all along (not on here, but in real life). These are big questions which do need to be answered. Agree or disagree with the Generals report, these questions remain and even after the surge is over there will still be 130,000 troops in Iraq with no idea when they will be able to leave.

<blockquote data-quote="BigRob" data-source="post: 22139" data-attributes="member: 628">Thank God, a logical response.Collecting stats will always be a problem in a war zone I suppose.&nbsp; I agree with you that perhaps there could be some small discrepancies here, but I doubt they would be something to major.I take his word on the CIA stats being the best, there were stats before this time, so a comparison can still be made to the pre-surge time.&nbsp; I do think that Ethno-sectarian violence can decrease and still have a high number of deaths, but in every situation I suppose statistics can always be put under question, confirmed even by your own quotes saying that they varied greatly.I agree with you 100% on your last few question, I have been asking that all along (not on here, but in real life).&nbsp; These are big questions which do need to be answered.&nbsp; Agree or disagree with the Generals report, these questions remain and even after the surge is over there will still be 130,000 troops in Iraq with no idea when they will be able to leave.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BigRob, post: 22139, member: 628"] Thank God, a logical response. Collecting stats will always be a problem in a war zone I suppose. I agree with you that perhaps there could be some small discrepancies here, but I doubt they would be something to major. I take his word on the CIA stats being the best, there were stats before this time, so a comparison can still be made to the pre-surge time. I do think that Ethno-sectarian violence can decrease and still have a high number of deaths, but in every situation I suppose statistics can always be put under question, confirmed even by your own quotes saying that they varied greatly. I agree with you 100% on your last few question, I have been asking that all along (not on here, but in real life). These are big questions which do need to be answered. Agree or disagree with the Generals report, these questions remain and even after the surge is over there will still be 130,000 troops in Iraq with no idea when they will be able to leave. [/QUOTE]

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