The New York Times has a headline, "27 Civilians Die in New Attacks by Iraq Rebels." Our media only counts the civilian deaths caused by Iraqis, not those we cause ourselves. The Lancet estimates we caused 100,000 deaths before our election. . Even the Iraqi body count site , which requires two independent reportings of an Iraqi death to count it, is now more than 18,000. The inhumanity we are engaged in is staggering.

But even more staggering is the complicity of American media. The New York Times is considered to be a liberal newspaper. Why don't they show an estimate of civilian deaths that we have caused in the same period to offset the numbers shown here? They could not only make the point that the insurgency is strong, but give some insight as to why it is strong.

The problem is compounded by other language used in the article. We kill guerillas, insurgents. Yet you can see here actual pictures from Fallujah. Those are not all insurgents and guerillas. I am so sorry.