Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Explaining the Arab-Israeli conflict through numbers

Dennis Prager's article "Explaining the Arab-Israeli conflict through numbers" is an attempt to put some context into the Arab Israeli conflict.  But like Mark Twain said, "there are lies, damn lies and statistics".  While I agree with Prager's view point, and the numbers he uses are true (well, I have not verified them but they look correct and I have no reason to doubt them), the numbers also do not tell the story.

Without the context of the numbers they are meaningless.  I wish Prager would develop this story more or maybe ask Hugh Hewitt to run with it.

It is still worth reading as it gives a good snap shot of the bias Israel has and does face in the world today.

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