The Obama administration has allowed U.S. forces in Afghanistan to begin reporting enemy body counts — something the Bush administration went back and forth on — as U.S. forces ramp up in the south of the country. On the one hand, the Bush administration got raked over the coals by the left when it began reporting body counts. It was seen as evidence of desperation by Democrats, and the numbers were used by the military and the administration as proof of progress. And both sides were probably right, enemy body counts are a way to convey a sense of progress when there is little other encouraging news. So it will be interesting to see if the left is still bothered by body counts, but most Americans will be pleased to know that it’s not just our troops that are getting killed, even if statements like this give little context as to what these strikes mean to the overall war effort: