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Last, according to Amnesty International 275 Iraqis died per day as a result of Saddam Hussein. To be willing to accept French "sass," so to speak, would mean that one would rather have 275 Iraqis die per day than the currenty fatality rate of just under 1.5 GIs per day. Or, in other words, one would be saying that 1 GI is not worth 183 Iraqis.
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Not the point i was making. At this point, now that combat operations are done, i don't see an issue with international cooperation. Nor is it logically sound to claim that since one opposses certain imperalistic facets of our occupation, that one enjoys Iraqi deaths under sadaam. Nor does the stastic of 275/day give any indication of why. I'm betting this includes sanctions, which right or wrong, were the West's imposition, not Sadaam's idea.
I get it...we are not losing troops hand over fist like we have in previous conflicts. And we stopped a pretty horrid situation. But we did so arbitrarily, based on a shadowy claim of natitional security. There are other nations with similar human rights abuses.... We did so with out help from other nations that could have blunted extremist opposition and terror. We continue to try to pacify the population, with no exit stratagy in sight. We continue to do all this at extreme cost, to the detriment of our domestic well being. I'm sorry...that just seems damn familiar.