The Chronicle: Daily news: 01/27/2005 -- 01
Although more muted these days than earlier in our occupation, one can still hear the sound of neo-conservative defenses of invasion: "They're better off now than under Saddam...."
The only reason anyone not directly linked to the PNAC can say that, I believe, is pure ignorance.
"...Since the invasion, the No. 1 cause of death among households surveyed was violence. The risk of death due to violence had increased 58-fold since before the war. And more than half of the people who had died from violence and its aftermath since the invasion began were women and children."
"Neither the Defense Department nor the State Department responded to the paper, nor would they comment when contacted by The Chronicle. American news-media outlets largely published only short articles, noting how much higher the Lancet estimate was than previous estimates. Some pundits called the results politicized and worthless.
"Les F. Roberts, a research associate at Hopkins and the lead author of the paper, was shocked by the muted or dismissive reception. He had expected the public response to his paper to be "moral outrage." "
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