The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by Nephythys

WE? Who is WE MBC?

While I admit that obviously we have had some crimes committed by our military- WE are not over there randomly and flagrantly killing innocent people.

Actually- I would say based on any sources more people are killed by terrorists and insurgents and this in-fighting among the factions there than any WE have killed.

Or maybe you missed that? Is it just easier to blame us?

You introduced the words "randomly and flagrantly", not I. But don't fool yourself into thinking that tactics such as "Shock and Awe" only killed the bad people. No, it indiscriminately killed anyone who happened to be in the area. How many? We'll probably never know but I'll bet that number is larger than you imagine. Do you think that their families are ok with that because it was for a good cause? Perhaps that is why we have failed to be welcomed with open arms and flowers at our feet. And, we removed the country's infrastructure in the process. Something that we have yet to rebuild.

And by the way, how many terrorists and insurgents were blowing up Iraqis before we got there? Perhaps, if we really cared about the Iraqis, we would have taken measures from the get-go to ensure that an insurgency of this magnitude didn't materialize in the aftermath. Instead, our leaders were so convinced that this was going to be over in a few weeks that they never considered it might not go that way. And here were are.

So yes, there is plenty of blame to go around.