President Bush this week said the attacks on our troops are a sign of progress in Iraq. Boy, we had tons of progress last night! Thirteen dead (so far) after a helicopter was shot down near Baghdad airport.

I’m sure there will be tons more “progress” today.

I guess it begs the question, why are we hiding soldiers’ flag draped caskets from the press? I would think the administration would be proud to show us all these incredibly positive signs of progress we’re seeing almost every day.

War is Peace
Ignorance is Strength
Regress is Progress

UPDATE 9:13 AM:
The death toll/Success rate has increased by two- total of 15 deaths/success markers are being reported at this hour. All good news for the Bush White House.
UPDATE 11:19 PM:
Make that 16. I heard the president dedicates a wanking session to each soldier he’s gotten killed. His prolific masturbation habits result in a smaller backlog than one would expect.
UPDATE 11/5/03:
Make that 15 again. Hope the count keeps going down, no matter what kind of progress this signifies to the Prez…