Originally posted by: piasabird
I cried a river when I heard about this Kindler Gentler war we were going to fight.
As far as people being killed in Iraq. They would have probably died under Sadam just as much, if not more. Sadam was a mad man and he would still be killing his own people if he was still in office. If you look at the war, more civilians are killed by Muslims, than by anyone else.
That's why it's ok to go shooting drug addicts and such. They'd probably just get shot by someone else if you don't do it.
Why, I'd say anywhere in the world bad things are happening, the US can go and kill any number of people, up to how many are being killed now, and say it's the right thing to do.
And even more. Remember, the problem with Viet Nam was just not 'winning' and the US casualties. The 2 million vietnamese killed were the price of a just war.
Well, OK, so the US made a mistake, and its war to prevent them from becoming a domino of Commie China left them looking pretty silly when Viet Nam then went to war with Commie China, showing they weren't exactly a domino pawn and we had an 'oops'. But at least the US was sure held accountable for that misdeed!
Oh, ya, no one was. Two million killed and zero criminal accountability. The Nazis have a right to cry favoritism.
And of course, Piasabird, you have been very careful to see that the numbers of Iraqi civilians killed haven't been higher than they would under Saddam, because you have a strong moral value about the violence our nation does, right? You would never just make up the facts to try and push your partisan view in a post, would you?