Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

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Axes of Evil

In this PowerPoint slide showing reduction in forces in Iraq and their changing composition you get the impression that things are going to do down quickly.  Then you take a look at the Y-axis and realize that the distance between 5 and 10 is not the same as the distance between 10 and 20.  Then you look at the X-axis and realize it has no timings on it at all.

Force-reduction
Credit: Edward Tufte discussion forum

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