Why does Bush reduce the Iraq death toll the British allies have posted from 650,000 to 30,000?

Answer 1

650,000 excess Iraqi deaths since the invasion is the estimate given in the report of a survey conducted by American and Iraqi epidemiologists that appeared this year in a September issue of The Lancet medical journal. The epidemiologist gave 665,000 as the median in a range of possible values ranging from a low of just under 500,000 to a high of over 800,000. Maybe Bush thinks, believes and expects that he has enough power now to simply dismiss it as "inaccurate".

Answer 2

Because Bush IGNORES science when it presents troubling data to him.

The fact is, the method used to calculate the 650,000 toll is a PROVEN method (differential mortality rates pre and post war). Lancet is an eminent medical journal. Even if it is *only* 30,000 Iraqis, it takes a lot of chutzpah to stand in front of cameras and boost that is an acceptable figure.

Answer 3

Dubya lied to get us into the war (Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11).
He lied to keep us there (we had to find the nonexistent WMDs).
He continues to lie (we're bringing democracy - at the point of a gun, or, civil war will break out if we withdraw. Take your pick).
Now he is lying to minimize "collateral" damage (what a euphemism, eh?) Both the Lancet and the BBC are highly respected in their own fields and I have no reason to doubt their numbers. And you'll notice that Dubya gives no source for his figure.

Keep in mind that we are only a few short weeks away from elections. That's why gas prices fall, the stock market rises, and "only" 30,000 innocent Iraqis are dead. On that happy note, I hope you all sleep well tonight.

Answer 4

I hadn't seen that, but I would guess that it's to help his approval ratings and the approval ratings of the republican party prior to the November elections.

I suppose- if that's possible, it could help his consience as well to think that he is responsible for 30,000 deaths as opposed to 650,000. Either way that's 100% too high considering what we have accomplished over there, which is basically nothing and caused us to be spread so thin we can't respond to the real threats (nuclear bomb development) in Iran and North Korea.

It's kind of funny how they're trying to convict and hang Saddam Hussein for killing only a fraction of number of civilians that us 'freedom fighters' just killed.

Answer 5

I saw that today posted on the BBC. Bush is trying to alienate the U.K. as an Allie I believe. The BBC post is spot on from the studies. Here in London we receive the real status of the Iraq war.

Answer 6

Because he is a slack jawed redneck (no offence to you other rednecks out there) and is somewhat of a yocal, who cant spell string a sentence together or actually make any sense, you could also ask why he is responsible for 9/11, even that was a shambolical non-sensical cover up!!!

Answer 7

Bush, wants us to stay in Iraq to establish the New World Order (I Hope Not).

Anyway, I have not seen any follow up stories, on verifying the numbers. Can you post some?

Answer 8

Anyone who believes a word that Bush utters needs to be in a sanitorium. It looks like many here should be on their way. This man has lied, lied and lied to us again and again.

What is it going to take for people to open their eyes.. when we do not have any Iraqis left? This is a failed Policy and Bush is doing all he can to cover up his mess.

Answer 9

Cost. at 50 cents each those extra bullets would put a strain on the US economy so he said, hey dude lets just chill and knock back the killin rate on these A -Rabs and make do with just killing 30 thousand, the others will kil each other when we have gone anyway

Answer 10

open this...also, I read in the Minneapolis Tribune that the method used for Darfur was the exact same type of polling with the same accuracy and the UN decided it was a genocide event worth intervention