dailykos.com — A new study asserts that roughly 600,000 Iraqis have died from violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, a figure many times higher than any previous estimate. Human Rights Watch has estimated Saddam Hussein's regime killed 250,000 to 290,000 people over 20 years.
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slaggedOct 11, 2006
Our army is made up of volunteers and there is no reason to have an army of 100 Million soldiers in Iraq.
thebrassmonkeyOct 11, 2006
it's the civilians killing civilians over there. not the military. they may be fighting eachother right now because we are there, but it would have happened sooner or later.
rclancyOct 11, 2006
The study says that approximately 1/3rd are a result of US violence, the remaining 2/3rds are Arabs killing Arabs.
pawchikapawpawOct 11, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/politics/Lancet_Study_Proves_We_re_Killing_Terrorist_Zombies_In_Iraq">http://digg.com/politics/Lancet_Study_Proves_We_re_Killing_Terrorist_Zombies_In_Iraq</a>
dracostimpyOct 12, 2006
I guess there's one thing we agree on Koosebane... Kos is a definitely a partisan mindslave. Now if you'd just free your own mind and stop being an apologist for a war of aggression that turned Iraq into an apocalyptic wasteland. Saddam - BAD. US occupation - BADDER. Balkanization resulting in permanent conflict between the 3 sectarian states formerly known as Iraq - BADDEST.
dracostimpyOct 12, 2006
My bad, Koosebane. I guess I interpreted your earlier statements as a defense of our reasons for invading, when in fact you were merely posting it as a factoid for people to ponder. I applaud you for promoting facts over rhetoric, and I apologize for making bad inferences. You win the internets.
warlordzinsjFeb 6, 2007
You people make me sick. Your s**tty attitudes about the war are not helping the morale of our troops. Disagree with the president, disagree with what Rumsfeld did all you want. What we are doing over there is right. All the presidents that we love from history would have done the same thing. Except Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, because they were two of the worst presidents in American history. We as Americans should want to place Democratic governments all around the world because that will bring all you Democrat Ass-Monkeys "World Peace". Or will it show all the Dems how s**tty their point of view is? The world run by Democrats would be a sad place, and I'd rather be dead.
mikesobaAug 2, 2008
Stabilizing a region we've destabilized. What sort of circular logic is that? You need to check your skills at reasoning.