Thursday, June 23, 2011

It all depends on your perspective

This is the chart I was seeing all over the progressive blogosphere last night after President Obama's speech on Afghanistan.

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And then today, this one comes to us from The White House Blog via Blackwaterdog.

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People can use whichever one backs up the story they're trying to tell.

2 comments:

  1. Great visual! Did blackwaterdog create the second chart? If not, do you know the source?

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  2. I had been looking for the source and just found it - the whitehouse.gov blog. I'll post a link in the diary.

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