Afghani Civilians Die, Media Silent

In our latest installment of "What Would the Media Be Writing If Bush Were Still President", we have this story:

Civilian deaths resulting from armed hostilities between insurgents, the US military, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and government forces have increased by 24 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2008, according to a report by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

In May alone, 261 non-combatants lost their lives in conflict in Afghanistan, John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told members of the Security Council at a meeting on 26 June.

One of the worst incidents was in May when dozens of civilians, among them at least 65 women and children, were killed when US forces bombed a village in the Bala Bulok district of Farah Province, southwestern Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on 26 May.

The left criticized Bush and us conservatives for every single civilian death. Now that their guy is the one calling the shots, not a damn peep. It's not yet a "quagmire" or "lost" as the esteemed Senate Majority Leader once said of Iraq--a war in which Bush left Obama in a winning position and one he seems to be blowing.

You won't hear me blaming Obama or the military as we are at war and deaths are sad but in many cases unavoidable. The enemy hides among civilians and telling friend from foe is difficult on a good day. My point is that the media is not even reporting this info with Obama in the Oval Office when it would have been front page on the NY Times and WaPo for two days were it under Bush's watch.