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To: jmc1969
" But that figure is dwarfed by estimates for the number of Iraqis killed, which range from a conservative 30,000 to a more speculative 100,000."

Compared to the 300,00 to 1,000,000 that we are digging up in the mass graves, killed since Gulf War 1? Just by the numbers, fewer Iraqis are dying now than under saddam

9 posted on 03/19/2006 8:11:03 PM PST by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: Eagles6
Just by the numbers, fewer Iraqis are dying now than under saddam

More to the point is that the vast majority of "Iraqis killed", at least since mid-2003, don't fall onto our side of the ledger in the first place, but to that of our enemy, the terror-insurgents attacking that country. (Duh!)

The left nowadays is so blinded by Bush-hatred they can't even see that they have self-contradictory talking-points:

(1) The Iraq situation is bad because large numbers of Iraqis have died.

(2) We should exit Iraq.

The problem is that (2) is not in any sense a solution to (1), nor is (1) caused by (2). We are in Iraq at this point to defend Iraq from the thugs and fascists who have caused (1). If the left really cared about (1) they wouldn't advocate (2), but its opposite.

"Let's run away from the both of them" is not a solution to "innocent people are being killed by thugs". No one who advocates exiting Iraq has any moral standing whatsoever to preen and moan and hand-wring about the number of Iraqis being slaughtered.

22 posted on 03/19/2006 8:49:13 PM PST by Dr. Frank fan
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