"Gunner"
NOSPAM.lightspeed.net> wrote in message
news:qnsl84dhb0fmtkbigakv9ue69fut8t4n7o@4ax.com...> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:51 -0700 (PDT), Cormagh
yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>>>
>>> In any case 10,000,000 bodies at an average of 125 pounds each is
>>> roughly
>>> 625,000 TONS of human remains. I think we would smell that over here.
>>>
>>> Nice try, though. Well not really, a lie is a lie.
>>>
>>> Frank
>>
>>You forgot to include the 2 million people that emmigrated from Iraq
>>since the war began. The number of Iraqi deaths due to the war is
>>generally estimated at above 1 million, so that's a total of over 10%%
>>depopulation, conservatively estimated.
>
> Actually...you are again wrong, though you keep spasming around
>
> First of all...IBC utterly disagrees with you...and secondly..the
> population of Iraq is about 25,000,000+
>
> Ill leave the fatal flaw in your math to you to discover...
>
> If your terminal case of BDS allows you to use the higher functions in
> your brain...
>
>
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
>
Claim on behalf of Iraqi [Redacted] by parent. [Redacted], a four year-old
girl, was playing in her front yard when she was killed by Coalition Forces'
(CF) fire. The CF and a Humvee were trying to cross the road and they shot
to clear the traffic. A bullet ricocheted off of a wall and hit [Redacted].
Army memo: "A SIGACTS investigation revealed no activity meeting" the
incident's description, and "the claim is too old to verify." Finding:
denied due to lack of evidence. Condolence payment of $2,500 US granted.
Reading through the Army compensation reports, it is fairly clear just what
the value of an Iraqi life is, of how the loss of a beloved child, parent
and sibling is valued, priced. A few thousand dollars (if that) is how much
they are worth, and no more. Their loss covered by a shockingly low monetary
compensation. No further consequences, punishment, no further
accountability.
Those of us who opposed this war and the long occupation that followed hold
our political leaders responsible for the horrors of Iraq. We sometimes
blame our soldiers. We always blame the terrorists. But we are reluctant to
blame our nation or ourselves. "We can continue to blame the Bush
administration," writes Frank Rich, "but we must also examine our own
responsibility for the hideous acts committed in our name in a war where we
have now fought longer than we did in the one that put Versch
