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[drivebyluna.livejournal.com]

I will be the first to admit that I'm desensitized to the VA shootings as I am to everything else.

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[theurv.livejournal.com]

I would say that's fair if we weren't responsible for the extent of the mess in the other guy's yard. We executed Saddam for 148 deaths that he authorized- and in one car bomb in one day 118 died. And depending on your news source anywhere from a hundred to just over 200 people were injured. And that's one event on one day- there were other car bombings, IEDs, ambushes etc... And while I agree Saddam was no angel and was a bit of a bastard to be fair- it doesn't change the overall stability of society and number of average civilians hurt under his rule is less than what is present. He killed political dissenters, government men suspected of treason etc- but people could avoid that. You can't avoid a car bomb. We can't say that we don't need to care using the notion that it's their war when they didn't chose to have the war- we did.

[elbowmedic.livejournal.com]

we didn't chose the civil war that is going on there. rival factions are going after each other to try to gain control over the new found democracy. they use fear to sway votes. we as americans are there now to help support an emerging government. should we just up and leave and let the ones with the most money and bombs take over? where would the people of iraq be with a warlord in charge? to say that we chose to have iraqis kill iraqis is wrong our war was to take out a warlord and a terrorist.

[theurv.livejournal.com]

When there was no opportunity to gain power, there was no civil war. There were always differing sects of Islam, but there was no fighting when there was a warlord in charge: there was internal peace. By removing the warlord we created a void where leaders we needed, dissent was allowed and thus fighting ensues. By creating circumstances which allow for civil war- we are responsible for the fighting.