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In May of 2009, the same time Obama decided a troop surge was necessary in Afghanistan,the NY Times death inventory came to an abrupt halt. To date, eight-months after the first major wave of new troops were ordered by Barack Obama into Afghanistan, Casualties of War has not been up-dated to include Afghan surge fatalities. Military victims of Obama’s Afghan war are missing from the Faces of the Dead section, which throughout Bush’s Iraqi war effort was refreshed on a daily basis.

The NY Times said the following about Casualties of War,

“However you feel about the war, this graphic presents facts and allows the viewer to develop their own impressions and opinions rather than packaging the same information with any sort of bias.”

So, in the spirit of unbiased journalism, it’s time the NY Times extended the present administration an equally impressive detailed register of soldiers dying under Commander-in-Chief’s Obama’s war watch.

In the last eight months 600 dead has grown to nearly a thousand. If pertinent “facts” allow website viewers “to develop their own impressions and opinions,” which was the supposed purpose of Casualties of War, then the NY Times has an opportunity to actively reengage the public in forming independent opinion by monitoring and reporting in an interactive way the sharp increase in statistical military death related data.

Readers may be interested to know that the seven years and four months preceding Obama’s eight-month surge, seven deaths per month took place. However, in eight months those figures grew to almost 39 deaths per month, which corresponds to a 450% increase in military lives lost.

rockcrawler304

I did not know that. Looks like the lame stream media will still do anything to try and make this idiot in command look good

If those numbers jumped 450% under Bush's watch, it would be great big bold headlines on the front of every paper and magazine.

Totallyrad

Best press and politicians money can buy!

CamperAndy

Someone is fudging numbers, there have been 440 killed in Afghanistan in the last 18 months. I think someone missed a 1 in the month count, it should be 18 months not 8 months..