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Originally Posted by Garry
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THOSE VICTIMS JUST LIKE RUSSIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIGHTING VICTIMS IN CHECHNYA KILLED BY ALL PARTIES. It was you who made decision to get to Iraq while Iraq did not attack you.....
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Garry,you are saying if the US hadn't gone into Iraq, many of these people would be alive. That may be true, but many more would be dead at Saddam's hand, with no hope for a better future. He was killing more than 7 or 8 thousand a year, on average, over a period of something like 28 years.
Accountability should rest with those directly responsible- the US isn't setting the roadside bombs, strapping on vests and entering markets, etc. Most of the dead are killed by terrorists, and they are specifically targeting Iraqis civilians, not coalition soldiers. Can you blame Boeing for 9/11? After all, they built the jets, without which the attack wouldn't have happened.
The US and her allies are taking great pains to avoid civilian casualties- the insurgency is not. If
they stand down, casualties go to
zero, and Iraqis could get back to rebuilding their country. The
elected government of Iraq has asked us to stay, so we need to do that until they feel they are able to secure the country against these terrorists, or until the Iraqi people elect someone who tells us to go home.