Apparently, Iraq's health minister has estimated that at least 150,000 civilians have died as a result of the US imperialist invasion and occupation of their country.
2006-11-09 17:23:43 · 13 answers · asked by Rev. Uncle Neil Banana Head 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Yupchagee--the US isn't imperialist? Try a little something out for me: it's called history. Try it on for size. Once you get past the pious rhetoric and comforting illusions about US actions around the world since at least the 1890's, few words describe these events better than imperialism. I recommend William Blum's book, "Killing Hope" as the initial text in your studies.
2006-11-10 07:51:37 · update #1
I would feel somewhat annoyed, probably to the extent that I would fight back
2006-11-09 18:12:52 · answer #1 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You know I oppose the war too, but you're projecting your own Western middle-class reality tunnel onto a region that is unlike anyplace you've ever been. You're assuming that there's actually such a people as "Iraqis" and dude, that's just not a valid assumption....
There are at least three separate nations in Iraq each of which has a completely different take on the present situation as well as on all the history that led up to it.
The Sunnis see the ex-dictator Saddam as a beloved father figure. They hold the Arab Shiites in contempt and hate the non-Arab Kurds. To the Sunnis, we're Nazis from Hell and nothing we do can change that.
The Kurds see Saddam the way Poles see Hitler. They distrust the Arab Shiites and hate the Arab Sunnis. They're so grateful for having been liberated from Saddam and the Arabs, they actually like us.
The Shiites see Saddam as an incarnation of spiritual evil; some of them actually think he's possessed by Satan. They distrust the non-Arab Kurds and hate the Arab Sunnis. The Shiites see our occupation as a rerun of the British colonial occupation of the early 20th Century. They dislike it and us, but are ambivalent about how quickly they want us to leave. They want us gone eventually, but only after the Sunni have been pounded into dirt....
And lets not even get into what the Assyrians, the Chaldeans, and the Turkomans want....
2006-11-09 19:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 14:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) The overwhelming majority of civilian casualties were inflicted by other Arabs.
2) We aren't imperialists. If we were, it would be a whole lot easier.
3) Ask the Iraqis. I think a clear majority want us to stay.
2006-11-09 19:34:31 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but you fail to mention how many have did over they decades by sectarian violence the occupation will end soon and you liberals will have nothing to extrude out of your pie holes and won't that be a fine day!
2006-11-09 18:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by no one here gets out alive 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be exact, it is 650 000 , last time I saw it on CNN.
Over half a million. We have no idea what war is, what life tragedies and sufferings have been happening in those countries of Afghanistan and Iraq. May God forgive us.
2006-11-09 18:00:09 · answer #6 · answered by sheba 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Prior to Saddam's demise, 99%of Iraqis have never heard of cell phones. Now, millions of them are owners of them.
Women can now go to school.
Have you seen the pictures of kids sitting on the laps of soldiers, drinking a Coca-Cola?
Mmhmm. Didn't think so.
Haven't you people ever seen that slideshow?
The only reason civilians are dying is because of the Insurgeons.
2006-11-09 18:37:04 · answer #7 · answered by Picard Facepalm 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The same way you'd feel. Pi$$ed.
2006-11-09 17:26:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What??!! "Lauren says" Your answer is about the most silliest answer I heave ever heard!!
2006-11-09 18:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by one 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they should drive out all YANKEES back to amerika!!
2006-11-09 20:28:13 · answer #10 · answered by White Eagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋