> ... he rails against a war in Iraq that has killed
> and injured thousands of innocents ...
Has anyone run the numbers on how many innocents would
have been killed by Saddam had we done nothing?
There must be some crossover date, after which the war
casualties are below what the normal official murder
rate would have reached.
At what moment did Operation Iraqi Freedom represent a
net saving of lives. My guess is that it was a matter
of weeks, months at most, because if we had not reached
it yet, the disloyal opposition would surely be harping
on the point.
I did that some time ago and, as I recall, I think I had it at 118 people a day were killed because of the Hussein reign of terror.
((Has anyone run the numbers on how many innocents would
have been killed by Saddam had we done nothing?
I actually did. 300,000 Kurds and Iraqis, not counting Iraqi military casualties in the 10 year Iran-Iraq war, which totaled a million between the two sides, not counting military casualties in Gulf war I, comes out to about 1087 civilians murdered per month over a 23 year period. Throw in military deaths inspired by Saddam's "Forays," the monthly average easily doubles. The death rate is about half now, but the liberal press will never make a before and after comparison. They will only give you a daily body count and total "AFTER THE ENDING OF MAJOR HOSTILITIES." Nothing new here. The press's attack on Bush began immediately at the beginning of the war. This 3/21/03 press briefing leaves me incredulous at the stupidity that the press is allowed to get away with. After telling the press that the Prez has been briefed by the CIA, FBI, DOD, DOS, and COS, Ari Fliescher is twice asked "Has the Prez seen this on TV?", "How does he know what's going on if he doesn't watch TV?" Then, instead of asking about Iraqi "civilians", in order to draw maximum sympathy, a reporter asks in a very melancholy tone... And what about those poor Iraqi "Moms and Dads" that might get caught in crossfire... Biased Journalism at it best. Another sourceless question posed to Fleisher, in order to inflame any Arab or Moslem listening is asked "Some of the President's advisors have said they thought it would be good to go on to other countries in the region, to democratize or liberate." I don't make this stuff up. I refuse to insult my intelligence and listen to another one sided leftist propaganda press briefing. Here's the link. transcript and audio: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030321-9.html