Well it's been 5 years in Iraq, the butcher's bill is 4,000 and counting...Any thoughts---anyone???
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Well it's been 5 years in Iraq, the butcher's bill is 4,000 and counting...Any thoughts---anyone???
i honestly don't have any idea as to what you're talking about.
raverboy
The situation on the ground in Iraq...the war in general. When Napoleon campaigned he would always ask, "What's the Butcher's bill?" i.e. : the casualties.Quote:
Originally Posted by Illusional [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Sad, and scary. My nephew is being deployed to Iraq in September. He's a Marine.
yup worried, they have told the hawaii soldiers that they leave around sept too.
raverboy
how many more will have to die before mr. bush is happy?
Whats with 4000? Those Iraqees should kill more americans. How much have THEY lost?
I believe most of the Iraqis dying at this point are doing so because of other Iraqis.
So, are they guilty? If americans stop now, would there be peace?
America stated that their main goal is to eliminate Hussains unhuman dictatorship, now, Hussein is dead and they can leave...
I don't cry over some paid soldiers, it was their decision to take the risk, its just some statistics that serves for politics. Ofcourse every human loss is a misery to someone, I know and understand the feeling of that, been there, but, its far away and there are millions of other people dieing, so this doesn't give me any warm feelings really.... be honest. They died killing another men.
do you think that he really cares about the death count??Quote:
Originally Posted by misombra [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
raverboy
Yes it is. As I hear it from friends still over there, things are starting to heat up again in Fallujah and Sadr City. The tenuous cease fire is going to be broken.Quote:
Originally Posted by vashti [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
I'm not going to dignify that remark with arguement. Suffice to say, I have lost many friends there and I fear I will lose many more. I do have a question for you though, are you an American?Quote:
Originally Posted by boobaa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Maybe you don't keep up with politics, but the Americans are what is preventing a full-blown civil war. Hussein's brutal dictatorship was the ony thing preventing it before, which is the reason I didn't support the idea of going in there in the first place. So are they (the Iraqis) at fault? You tell me.Quote:
Originally Posted by boobaa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
And no - dancer, he is not American. Neither are bluesummer, indi, or mish (who I expect will make an appearance on this thread any moment).
I'm inclined to agree w/ppl like Gwynne Dyer who say the pull out should have already happened. Its less about making things better than preventing it from getting still worse. And it can certainly get much worse.
I'd recommend Dyer's excellent book 'The Mess They Made' if you are interested, its a good read.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6ianaEGucE"]YouTube - Gwynne Dyer on The Mess They Made[/ame]
If you were in the same room as me right now I would likely kill youQuote:
Originally Posted by boobaa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]