Lancet Study Re-Re-Re-Revisited
I was somewhat excited to see that National Journal, hardly a voice of the right wing, was taking on the Lancet study of 2006 that claimed that Iraq had suffered 179.63 million excess deaths because of the U.S. invasion (okay, well, about 700,000). I never believed it then, and I don’t believe it now.
Ultimately, though, the article adds little new to a well-hashed debate. It does do a good job, however, of collating the arguments against the study, and after reading it, I’m more convinced than ever that this study was just a phony-baloney political stunt…
UPDATE 01/06/08: Right on cue, the BDS-suffering George McGovern quotes the Lancet study with not the slightest dose of skepticism in his tone-deaf call for impeachment…
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