how do you feel about these numbers?Is there one that bothers you more then the other and why?

Question

United States 3,612

Britain 159

Other nations 128


IRAQIS:

Military Between 4,900 and 6,375#

Civilians Between 67,237 and 73,568*

I didn't comment on what number bothers me most because I was interesed in opinions.it is the word between that most bothers me,the ones that died and didn't even count.

Answer 1

these number sare the numbers of deads in the war of USA on iraq

I think the present government is bad
let s think fairly
first,do we have the right to have nuclear weapons and others not ?you may say we are a democratic country but you must know that Ahamadi Nejad elected and choosed by the iranian people(NB we are not sure if the president Bush desereved to be a president or not ,do you remeber the votes of the last state)
second: we are a democratic country but we hit Japan with 2 nuclear bombs at the end of the war without the need to do this (Japan was going to surrender)and we donot know if any japanese generation in the future may take revenege or not.
third:we allow some other countries to have nuclear weapond and help them like INDIA and ISRAEL WHICH is dangerous on the world peace and flaming wars from time to time (it is a reason of the hatred of many nations to usa)
forth:we have a very bad foreign policy against many countries like Cuba,Venezuela,middle east,north korea.,do you think if we have a fair normal diplomatic relation with these countries including iran ,does anyone of the world would attack us ?look at Canada ,it has a good realtions with all nations ,there is no terrorrism against it
fifth:we always attack others which makes them going to the steps of revenge.so if we stop shaking Iran regime ,do you think iranians and they know well that we are the strong power ,may attack us??

sixth: dealing with the iraq was is the worst .prisons of Abou ghareb ,killing citizens ,and many things which make others plans for revenge.

at the time of the second world war ,all countries of world and nations was looking up to USA ,now with the wrong decisions ,supporting some dictators,bad forign relations with many countries .the situation is difficult and there must be a change in the US policy

Answer 2

Actually your numbers are missing the many journalists and contractors that have also died in this conflict. I wouldn't be much of a human being if I didn't feel the civilian deaths were the most troubling. How many were killed by coalition forces and how many at their fellow country men's hands? And how many by actual terrorists? That is a something we are never going to know. Unfortunately, the civilians are generally the biggest losers in any war in the occupied territory.

Answer 3

How about insurgents. I have heard that more than 35,000* insurgents have died. I think that one bothers me the most, because that is 35,000 less terrorists that can come here to attack us. You need to realize that all deaths in wartime are tragic, but unless you want your grand-daughter wearing a burka, you need to accept that we are in a war of survival. If we lose this war in Iraq, the Islamic extremists will be able to establish their caliphate in Iraq, the first step in their plan of an Islamic world order.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A caliphate (from the Arabic خلافة or khilāfah), is the Islamic form of government representing the political unity and leadership of the Muslim world. The head of state's position (Caliph) is based on the notion of a successor to Prophet Muhammad's political authority; according to Sunnis ideally elected by the people or their representatives,[1] and according to the Shia an Imamate chosen from the Ahl ul-Bayt. From the time of Muhammad until 1924, successive caliphates were held by the Umayyad, Abbasid, and finally Ottoman (sultans of Turkey) dynasties.

The caliphate is the only form of governance that has full approval in traditional Islamic theology, and "is the core political concept of Sunni Islam, by the consensus of the Muslim majority in the early centuries."[2] Andrew Hammond reports that medieval caliphates "enjoyed scientific and military superiority globally - both absent today".[3]


(It is important to point out that this group of extremists do not represent the values of 90% of the followers of Islam, but neither do the ayatollahs represent the Iranian masses, but they rule the country)

Answer 4

You have not mentioned the hundreds of thousands who die living deaths due to DU poisoning.

This insidious thing slowly eats away, creates monstrous defects in infants, and causes genetic mayhem that can never be eradicated. For 4.5 Billion years, give or take a month or two.

What of the hundreds of thousands of spontaneously aborted abominations? Women forever barren? Parents only capable of birthing deformed infants?

These are innocent victims in the countries invaded as well as the unborn of the soldiers themselves.

Where do these ones fit into the already appalling list of victims you mention?

Answer 5

Yeah they really bother me, that is why we need to bring our troops home, Bush is nuts he wouldn't go to war in Viet Nam , he said" NO. The numbers are staggering but Tony Blair didn't commit his troops like old ignorant did, so he has far less. We need our troops home to hell with Bush and Pace whatever his name is, Bush will get his report and then say , " We have a new man a General a good man, going in to access the conditions in Iraq and in 6 months we will abide by his report, just be patient." We need to provide another surge to help him in his assessment
BS

Answer 6

i feel bad about anyone dieing for nebulous reasons. i wonder how many civilians would have died if there had been no intervention? i bet there would still be a substantial number, i am sure. but we still feel more about the americans that have died. i think that is normal. good question.

Answer 7

It's important to realize that these are people not just numbers.
With every murder I envision the dark shroud of misery getting darker and darker.
I can't remember the name of the person that said we,as humans, are all connected and what happens to one of us happens to all of us.
It's true.

Answer 8

Yes its too bad that Suni and Shia muslims are killing each other. But that has been going on even before Sadam took power.

Answer 9

Actually, most civilian estimates I've seen are about 5x that number.

But yes, it's troubling that more civilians than military have been killed. Unfortunately, that's due to the nature of the conflict -- civil wars are always much to heavy on civilian casualties.

Answer 10

Let's just leave and see what the left says when Iran takes them over.

My question is, will a democratic president send the same troops they take out of Iraq into Darfur to combat essentially the same enemy (Islamic fundamentalists/extremists/radicals)?