Is your American life more valuable than an Iraqi life? Why do you think that?

Answer 1

i am a Muslim and an Arab, let me tell you that an American life is very valuable as well as the life of an Iraqi christian or Muslim as well as the life of a man or a woman living in an undiscovered area on this earth. the idea is, you don't kill a man for what he believes in and being a power on this planet makes you more responsible for the safety of any life, being so powerful gives you a chance to solve the most complicated issue peacefully.

Answer 2

Of Course my lif is the most important thing to me.
Without my life what do I have ?

If you mean do I think that an American life is more important than an Iraqi life the answer is NO.

Every life is important. I don't like the fact that the president is intentionally sending more soldiers to die in Iraq.

If I had a magic wand I might be able to change that.
But I don't have one and have to continue to say the Serenity Prayer. http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/special/serenity.html

I do what I can do through answering these questions and in my daily life. I just hope that some of my answers may get me into trouble but they are always truthful and honest.
Thank You

Answer 3

My life is no less valuable than anyone else's. But to the military, it's a gap between $2000 for an Iraqi or Afghan, or $250K for a US soldier.

Answer 4

If we felt that American lives were more valuable than Iraqi lives, why would we have sacrificed so many American lives to save so many Iraqi ones?

No Iraqis have been fed alive into wood chippers since we went in.

Answer 5

I believe that we are all equal, only different circumstances, and places. Our religious values in the United States, causes the citizens to take care of each other, and go over seas to help the ones who might kill us. Osama Bin Ladin could have been a different person if he was brought up with the same values, which is taught in any Church in America. I Pray that the value of all people will become more apparent in the future, not only in the United States, but Iraq also.

Answer 6

To me? Of course. To an Iraqi? Of course not.
Note: I assumed you actually wanted an HONEST answer. Anyone denying this philosophy is being deceptive, possibly to him/herself as well as to you.

Answer 7

No-one's life is of any particular value, (except perhaps to them, their family & some of their friends).

If you really want to start attributing specific value to the people of different nations, perhaps you could start by assigning points based on national contributions to various historical causes.

If you accept that killing the people of Hiroshima & Nagasaki prevented the deaths of many, many more, then you must give "Americans" credit for that. If you want someone to blame for deaths caused by the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, then perhaps you could begin by blaming the British, who are largely responsible for creating the artificial borders now causing so much strife.

Life, generally, is pretty worthless, unless it's "yours". Humans are a (very) "renewable resource"...

Answer 8

To me it is. Absolutely. My country is more important to me, my everything is more important to me.

Where did this "We owe them" attitude come from? These are the same people that tolerated Saddam, danced in the streets while the Twin Towers fell, and have called for our deaths for years.

What a silly question.

At the same time, I expect that an Iraqi citizen, assuming he was sane, would feel the same way in reverse for various reasons. We each have our own interests to protect.

Why is this hard to understand?

Answer 9

Most Americans think all life's is precious, that is why we are always called upon to help others.

Answer 10

Because the Iraqis will not stand up and fight for their security, making their lives worth like hogs.