Who has resulted in more deaths saddam before the war or bush by going to war?

Answer 1

Saddam by far - not even close

Answer 2

Actually, if you want a death count, the UN has killed more Iraqis than Bush OR Saddam. The trade embargo placed on Iraq caused an estimated 200,000 deaths from the resulting massive famine and lack of medical supplies. Bush is edging very close to this, however, and another year of him not committing the resources to keeping a lid on things will definitely hedge him out as the winner.

Saddam did do some pretty bad things, but his lifetime count of death (including his two nasty kids) probably comes to around 50 to 80,000 (ballpark estimate). The most brutal thing happening under Saddam's watch was the sacking of Abu Ghraib by Uday Hussein where an estimated 5000 political prisoners were executed in the course of a week to make room for more. Most of the other incidents happened less than one per year and generally were kept under 300 casualties.

Answer 3

Excellent question. Everyone touts the " freedom isn't free" flag as if that's supposed to justify the hundred thousand civilian deaths in Iraq. I think the answer is obvious. The war has resulted in more civilian deaths than anytime before we invaded. And, BTW we put Saddam in power back in the 70's isn't that irony.

Answer 4

Throughout time, loss of human life has always been the price paid for the so-called "betterment of society". Good or bad? Don't know! But the number of people killed this time, in this war, how does it compare to any other war in any other time in history. Despot's have used war as a political tool to further their agenda from the beginning of time. Asking who has killed more, is like two flees on the back of an old hound dog arguing about who owns the dog. The issue is MUCH larger and asking who killed more will in NO way influence the outcome. Remember, there are about six or seven billion people on the globe today. In 100 years there will be also be six or seven billion people, they will just be different people with similar problems.

Answer 5

Is this a real question? Are you including the Kurds in the north,and the eight year war against Iran. Saddam doesn't even know, because of the hidden mass graves strewn around Iraq.

Answer 6

Even assuming we don't find any more mass graves, that would be Saddam before the war, by a long shot. Several hundred thousand vs. a few thousand.

Answer 7

approx 200,000 iraqi's killed by saddam before the war began.

approx 32,000 iraqi's killed by saddam supporters since the war began.

approx 2800 Coalition troops since the war began

Was the question restricted to humans? Otherwise, I could include Saddam loyalist, Taliban, and Al Quaeda.

Answer 8

Saddam killed many many more to control the people.

Now most of the deaths are still his supporters trying to stop freedom. So his people are still responsible for the majority of all deaths even today.

Very few people were killed by our troops at all compared to that of his reign

Answer 9

and used chemical weapons on his own people?
Saddam

Answer 10

It doesn't matter which one caused fewer deaths- one man killing one innocent man is just as evil as one man killing hundreds. It's an abomination either way.