*The casualties caused by the US military, while sad and unfortunate, sill represent a small fraction of the Iraqis that were slaughtered on an annual basis when Saddam was in power. *
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If Saddam kills 10,000 plus people it is genocide, but if the US military does it, it is "sad and unfortunate". I'm afraid it is that attitude that is sad and unfortunate. When you consult the remaining 24,997,500 people of Iraq about their country, preferrably in free and fair elctions that you seem terrified of holding, then tell us what the majority of people think. In the meantime, I see that after Spain and a host of Latin American countries, Poland is going wobbly as well? :)
If Saddam kills 10,000 plus people it is genocide, but if the US military does it, it is "sad and unfortunate". I'm afraid it is that attitude that is sad and unfortunate. When you consult the remaining 24,997,500 people of Iraq about their country, preferrably in free and fair elctions that you seem terrified of holding, then tell us what the majority of people think. In the meantime, I see that after Spain and a host of Latin American countries, Poland is going wobbly as well? :)
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Twist it anyway you want if you makes you feel better, but there is no comparison. When Saddam killed hundreds of thousands it was to oppress, intimidate, coerce, or punish. If the Iraqis can handle it, the end result of the Iraqis killed in the past year will be a free and democratic nation where the population will increase to dwarf the 24,997,500 that you are counting
Exactly. I think people give to much credit to the terrorists that they don't deserve, and forget the fact the PSOE and the overwhelming majority of Spanish people have always been against the illegal Anglo-American war against Iraq.
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You are right, most of the spaniards are against the war and the socialists would have won anyhow, but the terrorist attacks, if there had been an even tie betwixt anti and pro, would have shifted the weight to the anti-war side.