13 August 2009
Norman Solomon: When the Dead Have No Say
Official Washington is buzzing about “metrics.” Can the war in Afghanistan be successful?
Don’t ask the dead.
Days ago, under the headline “White House Struggles to Gauge Afghan Success,” a New York Times story made a splash. “As the American military comes to full strength in the Afghan buildup, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with a long-promised plan to measure whether the war is being won.”
Don’t ask the dead. They don’t count.