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100,000 Civilians Dead in Iraq

Posted by michael on from the one-is-a-tragedy-100,000-is-a-statistic dept.

asldihf writes "New Scientist is reporting that 100,000 civilians in Iraq are now dead due to America's war in Iraq. Make sure you vote next week."

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  1. Wrong War, Wrong Time, Wrong President by node+3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was going to make a +5 Funny post about how George W. Bush is keeping us safe, but the subject is just too horrible.

    The war on terror is not meant to be won, it's meant to be an excuse for any atrocity.

    How can anyone think this is justified? It's sick.

  2. Re:600,000 Civilians Killed in Iraq Under Saddam by Leftist+Troll · · Score: 5, Insightful
    According to the Documental Centre for Human Rights in Iraq, 600,000 civilians were executed during Sadaam Hussein's regime.

    Two wrongs don't make a right. We shouldn't be in a position where we are comparing ourselves to Saddam Hussein.

  3. Re:different stats by Ieshan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whatever man.

    Lets get some things straight. There's never been a "good" war in the history of the world that didn't *first* start because of a power struggle or a politician's false pretense and was *later* justified by pointing to all the good it did.

    Slavery and Saving Jews were all post-factum addendums to the Civil War and WW2. The allies FLEW OVER railways that they *knew* led to German Concentration Camps and SENT BACK refugees that had risked their lives to escape.

    If you were dead, you wouldn't be glad about your noble sacrifice, you'd be dead.