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There's no such thing as a war without civilian casualties. Even if they weren't planning to go into Baghdad where civilians will certainly get caught up in it & killed, what about the guys who work in the factory that "might" be making bullets that is bombed. Or the children in the school next door that was bombed first because the pilot was holding the map upside down?
And why not worry about the Iraqi soldiers - how many of them do you think want to fight & die? Even if he's not being physically forced to fight, how much do you think he knows about this war? He'll have been told that his country is being invaded, he'll see that this is true when the US & UK armies advance, and he'll fight and die to protect his family and home like any human would. Should we not care about him or the thousands of his kin who'll share the same fate?
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Sorry, to clarify: I think kirksey's comment was really stupid for two reasons:
Iraq is not responsible for Sept 11. If it was, we would be told about it and we haven't. So mentioning Sept 11 was a non-sequiter.
"Eye for an eye" mentality has no place in todays world. And the deaths of civilians of Iraq is not desired to "get them back" for Sept 11. Even GWB says the civilians are not targets.
Originally posted by kirksey957It depresses me that someone of your obvious intelligence and level-headedness can say things like that. If the Iraqi government had any hand in the tragic events of 11 September 2001, I'm sure retaliatory action would have been taken sooner, and rightfully so. However, the fact that the current aggressive actions of the US were apparently planned as far back as 1999, and maybe inspired by Paul Wolfowitz's 1991 writing (rewritten by Richard Cheney for general consumption), seems to mitigate any possibility that the current attack is retaliation for past events. Even if there WERE a connection, does that justify revenge of that nature?
Yes, like there were on Sept. 11.
I agree...Saddam has certainly proven that we should show him respect by calling him Mr. Hussein.....like what planet are you from ??
[b]Until the news media stops referring to Mr. Hussein as "Saddam" and everyone else as "Mr." or "President" or "Prime Minister" + "last name", I will refer to the US president as "George