Dowd, who like Fisk, has become a verb (for her tendency to create deliberate false impressions with verbal sleight-of-hand), is doing it again. But then, so are a lot of other people.

"...In Tuesday's macabre milestone, the number of U.S. soldiers who have died since the war now exceeds the number who died during the war."

62 soldiers have died from hostile action since May 1st, compared to 115 in March and April. Dowd has a way to go before she can really have a good gloat.

"...Just because the unholy alliance of Saddam loyalists, foreign fighters and Islamic terrorists has turned Iraq into a scary shooting gallery for our troops doesn't mean Americans at home are any safer. Since when did terrorists see terror as an either-or proposition?"

So, Maureen, how many acts of terrorism have there been in the U.S. since 9/11? Are we to assume that terrorists lost interest in blowing up things in America after the WTC fell? Or did we just kick their asses back to the point where the best they can do is local damage?