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to be perfectly honest... i'm really not as concerned about iraqi death counts. this is to to the reality that you can never have a realistic picture of what those figures mean. what constitutes an innocent civilian casualty? from the perspective of the soldier on the ground... they're all civilians. no uniforms, no badges, concealed weapons, shady or nonexistent chain of command.
if you're talking about innocent people caught in the cross-fire... i mourn their deaths as much as a US soldier. if you're talking about someone who straps bombs to children or picks of their fellow iraqis waiting in a bread line... i say stack'em high and stack'em deep. the more we kill of them the better.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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