US death toll in Iraq hits 2,000
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051025/ts ... &printer=1

Was it worth it?

YES

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":39c20]even after 1 death it wasn't[/quote:39c20]

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thanks for putting words in my mouth

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thanks for putting words in my mouth[/quote:97c7f]
np

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":c97ba]YES[/quote:c97ba]

So it takes 2,000 dead Americans to put Saddam on trial for murdering 150? Doesn't seem worth it in that regard. But what can you do? Give up?

The only redeeming value I can think of is a democratic government for the Iraqi people which seems to be spiraling towards failure at times anyways.

he has murdered many more than 150

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":b742f]he has murdered many more than 150[/quote:b742f]

Obviously, but for now he's only on trial for mudering 150(Dujail) which could most likely end up being his only trial.

[quote:b742f]Amin later read the charges against Saddam and his co-defendants, advising them they face possible execution if convicted in a 1982 massacre of nearly 150 Shiites in Dujail, Iraq, after a failed attempt on the former dictator’s life.

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Prosecutors are preparing other cases to bring to trial against Saddam and his officials — including for the Anfal Operation, a military crackdown on the Kurds in the late 1980s that killed some 180,000 people; the suppression of Kurdish and Shiite revolts in 1991; and the deaths of 5,000 Kurds in a 1988 poison gas attack on the village of Halabja.

If a death sentence is issued in the Dujail case, it is unclear whether it would be carried out regardless of whether Saddam is involved in other trials. He can appeal a Dujail verdict, but if a conviction and sentence are upheld, the sentence must be carried out within 30 days. A stay could be granted to allow other trials to proceed. [/quote:b742f]

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You're more or less right Sgt, but I know I'll feel better when he's charged with the more extreme crimes.

if he gets death (which he will) it does not matter how many times he is found guilty

Please enlighten me as to the positive outcomes for the future of the middle east.

Also, you really think you can compare slavery and what's going on in Iraq? You try to use big words to make yourself sound smarter and more superior to everone else, yet in comparing totally non related subjects you manage to do just the opposite.

The 2,000 mark is a milestone. Nothing more. It doesn;t matter what you compare it to. You would argue that by sacrificing these 2000 people that the middle east will become more stable in the future and thus there will be less attacks within and outside the US. No one can see the future. Will there be less attacks? Or will this enrage people further? I guess you just have to hope you made the right choice.

only tiime will tell......

[quote="Short Hand":5d747]only tuime will tell......[/quote:5d747]

How the hell is Karakalpak jewelry going to tell? Or were you just destroying the English language again.

[quote=Johnj]How the hell is Karakalpak jewelry going to tell? Or were you just destroying the English language again.[/quote:618e6]


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To quote Fox News ... "Woman in Saudi Arabia MIGHT be able to legally drive" happy:

The reason was not because Saddam killed well over 150 people, mostly woman and children but because several Middle-Easter countries seem to harbor Terrorist that attacked the US well before BUSH wash in office. The layer of the cake was added with the whole 9/11 … but apparently it doesn’t matter.

you know whats interesting, there were more deaths on US roads last year, then in the entire war in Iraq

[quote="Jimmy Paterson":775d7]you know whats interesting, there were more deaths on US roads last year, then in the entire war in Iraq[/quote:775d7]

Are you saying that 2,000 dead isn't a big deal? Are your seriously trying to make it seem like 2,000 dead US soldiers isn't a big deal?

[quote=Stammer]Are you saying that 2,000 dead isn't a big deal? Are your seriously trying to make it seem like 2,000 dead US soldiers isn't a big deal?

Your a fucking idiot.[/quote:58db6]

And you're overemotionalizing the situation, appealing to emotional rhetoric instead of logic to push your case. 1600 SOLDIERS (those guys who enlist in the military with the assumption that at anytime they can be called into combat - yanno THOSE guys) have died over nearly THREE YEARS, the majority of which comes from suicide/roadside bombs. Now, the media would absolutely LOVE you to think this is indicitive of a faulty war-plan. It doesnt take much for indeginous people to get close enough and detonate themselves. No amount of training can give someone ESP.

But by all means - cling to this number as sweet justification of your "rightness".

And NINTY - you can HONESTLY ask what good a changed Middle East will bring. Please - go ask RAWA or the women newscasters in Afghanistan what opportunities a middle-east free of theological tyranny can bring about. Women are back on the tubes, and are at MINIMUM represented in congress by 1 to 4. Yea - no progress there. Empty rhetoric that. Returning the middle east back into the hands of the people is something that will benefit the entire world - but most especially arabs themselves.

Please son dont confuse your inability to "get it" with a perceived ignorance on the part of your betters.

And in the process destabilizing the entire region and killing thousands upon thousands of civilians. Sounds like an even trade to me.

Yeah, because those who are pro bush pro war like to ignore the amount of people being killed and say it's for the betterment of the region.

And FYI, i'm currently serving my country and have been for the past 3 years.

1) I haven't compared the war in Iraq to any other war.

2) There are many more arguments as to why the war is wrong and or illegal which I have stated numerous times.

3) Have a nice day. beer:

Oh I though that was allready going on before Bush joined in the fun.