March 18th, 2007

The State of Iraq

Posted by Drew at 3:27 pm

Two Brookings Institution scholars produce a monthly chart called The State of Iraq, an Update, which measures certain factors such as oil production, civilian deaths, and unemployment rate in an attempt to reflect quality of life in Iraq since the beginning of the war. The chart for February 2007 shows that while some areas–such as number of Iraqi security forces and number of television subscribers–have improved, most factors have gotten worse, including number of multiple-fatality bombings and number of U.S. troops killed. Also, the chart does not measure the less tangible things like political unity, which are just as important for the U.S. as it tries to stabilize Iraq.

Happy four year anniversary, War in Iraq!

Read the authors’ analysis of February’s data here.

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