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I can't per say disagree with jpeyton, but it still misses the point.
In the grand scheme of things US military deaths are relatively minor, but when we look at countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, countries GWB&co were supposed to be saving from the horrors of Saddam and the Taliban, the butchers bill in both are far higher than the existing horrors. And by a wide margin.
At a minimum, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were ethnically cleansed, at least 2 million Iraqis were exiled, in Iraq, and by any measure GWB manages to make Saddam look like a piker in comparison.
Meanwhile the GWB so called war on terrorism has only had the net effect of increasing international terrorism while alienating our allies and emboldening our enemies.
How many total deaths have the policies of GWB&co caused, maybe not intended but still driven by total incompetence and stupidity, does it exceed one million yet? I for one think its probable, but when the USA has given forth less than 5,000 lives, yipee its a 200 to one kill ratio. It almost makes me proud to be an American and so horrified that Obama can't beat that record. And as an American taxpayer, I advocate more quagmires because they must be cheaper by the dozen by now.
Lets us find some serial killer now on death row, and elect them President in 2012. After all, everyone knows, we have to kill them to save them.
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