Are Iraqi civilans more expendable then American civilians?

Question

I was wondering in Iraq and in warefare in general are Iraqi civilians more expendable then Americans? When it really comes down to it, if there were a high value target,and it was required to bomb the area, bt the result would be hundreads of civilian deaths, would Americans be more willing to bomb if there are Iraqi civilians or American civilians?

Answer 1

The US Military does as much as possible to prevent collateral damage even to the point of letting a High Value Target get away.

Vet-USAF

The Terrorist don't care who else get killed, hurt in the cross fire or by their Bombs!

Answer 2

Civilians are a small consideration in any conflict.


While we take as much care as possible to minimize civilian casualties, if you let their presence dictate military action, the enemy will start to use them as shields.

Exactly that is happening now. Gun positions are set up next to hospitals, orphanages and public buildings.

When Iraqi children get close to American Troops, they are targeted by insurgents that then claim that American fire killed them.

After each such incident, the press screams murder, literally, and demands an investigation and the Democratic party grovels before the media and blames Bush's policies.

Answer 3

This is probably one of the more asinine questions I have ever read here. American forces will pass on a high value target if there will be civilian deaths. What you are attempting to do is to paint a picture of the US and their military as the type of terrorists and killers that seem to be prevalent in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and many other middle eastern countries.

Well.... paint things as you will.... I personally will not play your silly game.

Z

Answer 4

Umm, where in the world did you understand Hussein only gassed 1,500 Kurds after the Iran/Iraq war? His cousin, Chemical Ali, gassed over 100,000 Kurds total, not 1,500. By UN estimates alone, Saddam and his henchmen were directly responsible for almost 2 million deaths during his reign of terror during approx 20 years which includes the deaths in Iran and Kuwait from those wars. It also includes estimates of the killings by his secret police against ordinary Iraqi people as well against the others not of his favored tribe of birth. Notably in the south of Iraq, Shites I think. I sincerely doubt the figure of 100,000 Iraqi citizens dead at the hands of American troops is accurate. Did the US troops kill lots of people? Yes. How many? No one will ever know but certainly we can say very many died at the hands of the US led troops. Heck, not only was it a war, but during the so called peace after the war (sort of) ended, there were different groups vying for power plus old hatreds exposed without Saddam's iron grip to keep tight reign on them. People died, but what of the people who lived that woudl have died should Saddam stayed in power? Yes, the US should not have gone in, but why do you not address the people who would have been killed by Saddam? He killed on average 100,000 people a year, by UN estimates too. Who cries for those poor souls? If you truly care for the Iraqi people killed, why not look at the entire picture and not just the ones killed by the US? The US should not have gone in their, but hindsight is always 20/20. However, it serves no purpose to anyone to exaggerate about the amount dead for either side. Only 1,500 dead under Hussein after the Iraq/Iran war? Are you only counting one mass murder when he killed millions? You are comparing only a few killed by Saddam against supposedly a hundred thousand killed by the US. Not a real comparison, obviously. Give me a break. Get real pal, get real.

Answer 5

America has never had a bombing like hundreds in Iraq. If you have a source that says otherwise please send it to me. 80% of all suicide bombings in Iraq are carried out by foreign muslim fighters. The majority of Iraqis killed have been from other Iraqis or foreign muslim fighter. Far more muslims are being killed by other muslim than by the west.

Answer 6

Iraqi deaths are nothing to the americans. They don't even bother to count them

Answer 7

Remember, you dropped bombs on them?
Your fighting their family and friend now

Answer 8

No.