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US death toll in Iraq passes 1000...no surprise there, everyone saw it coming.
meanwhile, the Iraqi death toll is estimated at somewhere between 10,000 and 30,000.... Quote:
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make no mistake, these people do care about kids - right up until the minute they're born. who would Jesus bomb? http://www.boston.com/dailynews/252/...k_Omar_:.shtml |
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it's a f*cking outrage for both countries.
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It's a war...people die...it's all thousands of miles away...you're safe...relax. |
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actually, what happens is i spend a lot of time in my car...and all i get on the the radio, all day, is non-stop conservative rightie whining. by the end of the day, i need to vent so i come here. Quote:
165 kids dead....it only deepens my conviction that, if there is a God, He really doesn't give a shit what we do to each other. |
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Okay I'm ending my religious rant. Now lets get back to politics as usual. |
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Well why doesn't he save us from natural disasters then? Can't blame mankind for those hurricanes and earthquakes.
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Even tho it's ''all thousand of miles away'' , it's still happening[/END SARCASM] |
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What are you getting all worked up over? It has even less effect on you. |
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I can say it has less effect on you because Canadians aren't doing the dying and future Canadians won't have to pay the bill.
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08-09-04, 06:34 PM | #13 | |
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isn't that the same as when i search for columbine i get several threads within this forum but not one about the school in russia?
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by James Dunnigan
September 8, 2004 In Iraq, American combat losses continue at a historically low level. Since March, 2003, American troops have suffered 7,900 casualties (including 976 dead.) This is an unprecedented killed to wounded ratio of 1:7. In past wars, the ration had been 1:4 or 1:5. American combat deaths over the Summer were 42 in June, 54 in July and 66 in August. There are the equivalent of three American combat divisions in Iraq, each running several hundred patrols and other combat operations each day. Never have combat divisions, operating in hostile territory, kept their casualties this low. The news media, concentrating on any losses as the story have generally missed the historical significance of the low casualties. The American armed forces have developed new equipment, weapons and tactics that have transformed combat operations in an unprecedented way. This is recognized within the military, but is generally ignored, or misunderstood, by the general media. The health ministry announced that 2,956 people were killed and 11,669 injured because of anti-government violence and terrorism in the last four months. That's a death rate from the violence of 48 per year per 100,000 population. This is much higher than the death rate from crime in the United States, of 5.6 per 100,000. But lower than the rate of 58 in crime ridden South Africa. However, the rate in Iraq has more than tripled, from 15 per 100,000, earlier in the year. However, the fighting has been concentrated in a few areas, as have the casualties. Najaf, where the al Sadr gunmen fought police and American troops, and in Sunni Arab areas to the north where anti-government gunmen sought to retake control of the country. Najaf accounted for 18 percent of the dead. Baghdad accounted for 28 percent of the dead. Baghdad is the target of many terrorist attacks, as well as a large Shia population, and the source of most of the al Sadr gunmen. Baghdad was also the home of many of Sadam Hussein's most dedicated followers. Only ten percent of the casualties are women and children (who make up some two thirds of the population), indicating that the losses are largely from anti-government forces fighting, without much success, coalition troops.
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too bad these these precious assets got wasted in Iraq, when they could have been used to finish the job in Afghanistan... |
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Clinton's Military...bah!!!! These assets did not get wasted in Iraq because Iran or Syria will be next if they don't smarten up. ---- "Iran has continued to support terrorism in Iraq, and elsewhere. Iran has long maintained terrorist training and support camps, but has kept quiet about it. But the camps are not invisible from above, and terrorists are constantly getting caught with evidence linking them to Iran. Both Iran and Syria fear retaliation from the United States and Israel, initially in the form of air raids on their terrorist camps. The terrorists can then be moved to urban areas, although it is feared that American intelligence agencies will discover where the terrorist safe houses are and continue hitting them with smart bombs. This might escalate to an invasion. So why do Syria and Iran continue with the terrorist support? Partly it is so the secular (in Syria) and religious (in Iran) dictators can stay in power. By supporting terrorism, you have a bunch of deadly and ruthless people available to you to deal with any internal dissent. This is how the Taliban used al Qaeda to help control the Afghan population. Another bonus is that the "threat" of attack from the United States or Israel can be used as nationalist propaganda to divert popular attention from the dislike for the local dictatorship. This is one of the first things you figure out once you become a dictator. Get yourself a foreign enemy to occupy your peoples' attention, otherwise they will come after you. Syria and Iran are playing a very dangerous game. Being known as the only countries on the planet that support terrorism could turn into a very deadly liability."----
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One of us is out of touch with reality. Must be that "Human Growth Hormone" stuff. I really need to keep up with this fast changing technology. |
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