THE FIRST POST-SADDAM MONTH: Dale

THE FIRST POST-SADDAM MONTH: Dale Amon of Samizdata runs the numbers and concludes:

Most significant, of course, is the large drop. One could hypothesize the opposition threw everything they had into a ‘Tet Offensive’. Like the Viet-Cong before them, they lost; unlike the Viet-Cong there is no regular army from a neighboring country, armed and funded by a super-power, to take their place.

This is only a supposition; one cannot state this with any confidence of being correct until there are a few more months of data to back it up. One could alternatively hypothesize the enemy is quietly regrouping after their offensive. I do not believe this, but it is certainly possible.

To really put Amon’s stats into perspective, include this with them.