Your Iraq war has killed 3,000 Americans, yes, but also 600,000 Iraqis. What do you say about that, America?

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mamanana9	i say HOO RAY AMERICA great job.and wouldnt be so many iraqians dead but those idiots keep killing there ownpeople.besides they started it.not us.a supporter of the national guard 875th of arkansas who most of are now over there. p.s.i am the proud wife of a 100 percent disabled veteran who fought for our country and defended it.so if you want to gripe about how many iraqies have died.tell them to quit killing there own.you need to check into the war abit deeper.alot of it comes back to the fact that bush and cheney have interest in some oil or gas lines one.so its there fault.bush knew it was coming.he knew something would be done.dont you watch television idiot. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

mom x's three	I say the Iraqi's need to get a clue and stop killing eachother over their own religious differences. It doesn't matter who's sunni or shi'ite..Mind your own business and get on with your life!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

chr1	I say freedom has a price. That price has been paid several times in several different eras. Maybe that's why we hold it so dear and get annoyed at self righteous people who have no idea about it putting us down. My family has paid the price in the past just as others pay it now. They deserve nothing less then our respect. Now go away. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

mmoonnii	Sorry for every live lost on both sides. I'm sure not all Iraqis and Americans are approving of what is happening over there. There are no changes in Iraq so far. Still the Iraqis are the victims. the only new is that Americans also die. The trouble-makers over there have no consideration for their own people and thanks God that the Americans are there. Who knows what would have happened to the entire region by now. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Jeff A	Jared...yer an idiot!!! The first word "Your" indicates your own bias and politcal position on this. "America" did not kill 600,000 Iraqis, not even 6,000. Pay attention dipwad......insurgents who wish to make their own pointless political statement are doing the killing not "America". Point of fact...there are rules of engagement for American Troops on the ground, we don't shoot unless shot at......in case your wondering that's called "self defense". The road to hell is paved with good intention. Our President, and the other chairwarmers in DC all "thought" invading was the right thing to do. All your and others Monday Morning Quarterbacking does little to further our success and withdrawal from that piece of crap dirt mound. So do us all a favor and STFU!!! Quit whining about what is done and start working on solutions. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Yay me!!!!	Yes it is very sad that they are dying too, but those soldiers are our neighbors, our friends and our family. You can't just give a statistic and expect us to forget that we know those people fighting over there. What do you think about that? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

haylsin	That's a pretty good start I would say. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

VPOC	I am sorry for everybody's dead child. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

thoughts	I think it sucks for America to loose so much over so little. We should bomb Iraq completely. When you see women and children turning into suicide terrorists then "Houston we have a problem". Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

KellyS	I say don't mess with the world's superpower and don't threaten our security. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

cp_scipiom	I'm not an american, but I can see a piece of humbug "news" as well as anyone with even half a brain. Whoever reported that "news" must think all people are stupid. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Drock	could of saved alot of money and lives by nuking em lol Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

katydid	Most of the Iraqis were killed by other iraqis, so what do you think about that? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Bob M	But you fail to adress the question, who killed them? try car bombs and berzerk religious screwballs. our God teaches love,humility,compassion,and lending a helping hand. your God teaches carbombs, beheadind with a woodsaw, torture for no reason, and the humiliation of women. what do you have to say to that , mideast (ps, i've been in that area) Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Dylan	I say that those 600,000 were killed by insurgents car bombing populated areas. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

clint_anderson13	Ok, although America is a democracy make no mistake in the fact that when it comes down to it the people have no say in when we go to war. Second is the fact that out of those 600,000 Iraqis you claim WE killed in OUR war 95% were killed by their own people, and 5% were probably casualties of some operation the united states carried out. More deaths have occured from sectarian violence than anything we did or will do. One last thing. When Iraqis were kidnapping and murdering Americans and foreign civilians no one was up in arms about it. People who had nothing to do with the war and were there helping to rebuild that country were captured, tortured, and murdered in cold blood. So, my answer to that is, you reap what you sow. Whatever happens from here on out has been justly asked for and received by a country that refuses to help save itself or to act with common decency in dealing with human life. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

vintagemale1951	keep up thr good work , america. !!!!!!!!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

stan s	If you care to check the 600,000 you claim are dead as a result of the US, are dead as a result of insurgent and religious civil war. It would have happened even if we had left. How about the millions that died to the hand of saddam? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

gmasta_flash	Yes and Saddam wasn't killing anyone when he was in power of course...... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Dont get Infected	well they shouldnt have been shooting back at us. and were not really the ones killing most of them. they are kinda getting blown up by car bombs same as us Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Godly Reality Check	Ok, so it's a civil war in Iraq, so people are claiming, but now you're saying it is our war? What is it then? Who's is it then? So should we stay in Iraq and complete our war then? By the way... Americans were not the only ones who created those 600,000 dead Iraqi's. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Alexandru	Ok as long as terrorists are dying then thats OK for me. But what I think REALLY should happen, is stop the problem from the root. Iraqi people are being brainwashed into being terrorists for their country. When we can make the majority of people realize that the Americans are there for their own good and the good of others and terrorism is the wrong path to change, then they can help out the situation by not signing up as terrorists and actually maybe even stopping other terrorists too! We need to educate them!!!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

chappye7	You got that from the Clinton News Network that figures the most unreliable news organization in the world. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

The Scorpion	It sounds like a big number but it's only 2.5% above what the number would have been without the war. It seems a minor sacrifice for living in a free democracy. I know you don't care about that, but some do. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Caiticat	I say that this is a place for people to ask honest questions because they want advice, not make political points and rile people up. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Big Super	Dude above has the right answer - where is the backup on this estimated #? I remember when the estimate was 144,000, and if you read the details of the estimate, there was a range between 5,000 Iraqis dead and and 293,000 Iraqis dead. Until I see the details on the survey, I don't believe it. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

actingjunkie700	Both situations are very sad. Both death tolls were caused by suicide bombers in Iraq, however. This doesn't indicate our winning. Just the toll that these bombings take. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Serpico7	Saddam still has more dead under his reign Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

livefree	I say you are wrong to lay blame on America for all those Iraqi deaths. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

dude	I have nothing to say, instead I ask this: How many out that number you posted were killed by the Coalition? How many were killed by the terrorists? Did the terrorists have to kill the Iraqis? Did they have to car bomb the children to get to the US troops or could they have waited? Out of the 600,000, how many were killed in combat? How many were part of the insurgency? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

AnitraWeb	Personally, I am anguished and outraged by all deaths in war, no matter whose "side" they are on or whose "fault" is is. The figure of 655,000 is the number of deaths "above what would have occurred without conflict" calculated by the British medical journal The Lancet by comparing the death rate (as a percentage of population) in pre-invasion Iraq with the death rate (as a percentage of population) in post-invasion Iraq. This includes not just deaths by violence; it is also deaths from worsened health and environmental conditions since the invasion. Not everybody agrees with the figures. http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ counts only Iraqi civilians documented as killed by in military conflict (in Iraq, that includes suicide bombings) and posts a figure of approximately 65,000. The estimate of how many of those were killed by Coalition forces and how many were killed by suicide bombers, etc, varies. To say that "Saddam killed more" is objectionable both morally and factually. Morally, nobody's crimes are exonerated by "but he did it too" or "but he did more." Conservatives like to talk about responsibility. We are responsible for what WE do. Somebody else killing Iraqis can and should horrify us; it is US killing Iraqis that shames us. Factually, Saddam's great massacres were all committed many years before the invasion, during American administrations that did not protest or act against them at the time. Although Saddam was still making critics disappear, the rate at which he jailed, tortured, raped, and murdered his fellow Iraqis in the four years immediately before the invasion has been exceeded by the rate at which Iraqis have been jailed, tortured, raped, and murdered in the four years since. To say that we are not responsible for the deaths of civilians killed by other Iraqis is also morally bankrupt and legally false. By treaties that we ourselves helped forge, an occupying power is responsible for the protection of the civilians and the civilian infrastructure of the occupied country. If we had not invaded, Saddam would still be brutally repressing ethnic conflict in Iraq; he would be killing people, but they would not be killing each other. We did not like the way Saddam kept order; like teenagers offended at "The System," we destroyed that order without having anything better to put in its place. We created chaos. We are responsible for the consequences. I am talking about responsibility, not guilt. I do not feel guilty about the Iraq invasion, both because I opposed it, and because weeping and beating my chest doesn't help a single Iraqi. I am still responsible for doing something about it. That I, and all the others who oppose this god-awful war have so far failed to stop it does not mean that our responsibility is ended; it just means that we have to work harder. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No