I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but . . .
Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx
Bowfinger, were you going to substantiate your claims (for once), or just dangle an assertion into yet another thread as you move on to the next and pretend no one questioned your statistics? Bowfinger? Bowfinger?
I've got to hand it to you Galt, there aren't many people who can put that much dishonesty into a single sentence. I barely know where to begin.
I guess I'll start with your inability to do simple research. (You sure you have a degree? Did it come postage due? From somewhere in the Caribbean? Just curious.) I know Google can be intimidating, what with reading and typing and all, but their
Help Page should get you started. If that's too technical for you,
Google for Dummies may be more your speed.
Of course I'll grow old and gray while I wait for you to expose your own BS, so I guess I'll have to help.
Getting accurate information about Iraqi casualties is tough since Bush-lite refuses to tally them. Looking around with Google (see above), it looks like
Iraq Body Count is widely considered the most comprehensive and credible source. They confirm between 6,125 and 7,843 Iraqi civilian deaths from direct, US-led military action as reported by at least two reliable sources. They also show another 20,000 reported civilian injuries.
These counts are known to be too low. Many, perhaps most casualties are never reported because they were "burned beyond recognition, pulverised into dust or buried quickly according to Islamic custom." There have been no reports at all from major sections of Iraq even though they are populated and were involved in heavy military action. These counts do not include any indirect casualties, e.g., the bombings at the U.N. building and the mosque, deaths due to inadequate medical care and other essential services, and casualties due to the lack of public safety resources. They do not include Iraq military deaths. They do NOT include deaths due to natural causes such as weather since that would be dishonest ... and just plain stupid.
That's the best I can do for you, we just don't have a total count. We're confident the number is well above the 6,000 to 8,000 range, but we can only estimate how many thousand deaths have not been reported, or at least were not explicity reported as
civilian deaths by at least two sources. Other sources report "over" 10,000 deaths, assuming that "most" deaths have not been reported. There is an effort underway to tally civilian deaths by doing a nationwide survey. They have not provided results yet. Even that process will miss casualties, so we'll never know the complete death toll.
Now that I've dispensed with your flaccid distractlon, let's get back to the point. You keep trolling about the French tragedy, comparing the "300" who died in Iraq to the 10,000 who died in France. (For example,
300 (in Iraq) vs. 10,000 (in France)...How many deaths are enough?.)
Why don't the deaths of innocent Iraqis matter to John Galt? I've asked at least four times, but you run away or change the subject (like here) by questioning the number. Unless you are claiming zero Iraqi civilians died, the question is valid.
So Galt, what is it? What kind of a person are you?
Who is John Galt? Is he a bigot -- "Who cares, they're only A-rabs" -- or a moron -- "Doh, I didn't know there were people there."? We're waiting.