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> Iraq Can we stick to nations that are at least likely to report real numbers? You can say China has fewer police shootings and it might be true or it might n

> Iraq Can we stick to nations that are at least likely to report real numbers? You can say China has fewer police shootings and it might be true or it might not. It's literally impossible to tell when it comes out of a nation with a freedom of speech that exists in their constitution and not in reality. In the documentary "Iraq: No End in Sight" the original US team that did reconstruction said Baghdad had < 11 people in the morgue each year. After the 2003 invasion, it grew to over 11 per day.

KSteffensen 6y ago
> Can we stick to nations that are at least likely to report real numbers? France, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Japan, New Zealand [0]https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124039/police-killings-rate-selected-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124039/police-killings-... [1]https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/police-killings-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/police-ki...
mercer 6y ago
I'm confused. Wouldn't the likelihood of lying mean that the real numbers in Iraq are much worse, supporting the criticism of AlotOfReading more rather than less?
- darawk 6y ago
  No, because if Iraq's real numbers are worse, than we are not in their same range.
  - mercer 6y ago
    Ah, right. Thanks.
pbhjpbhj 6y ago
What are you trying to say in that second paragraph? It sounds like "when USA took charge the number of deaths that needed investigating increased >300-fold" but that doesn't fit with the rest of your comment.