Compare and contrast (we’re number 1! we’re number 1!)
| Iraqi nationals killed by Saddam Hussein (1973-2003) | Iraqi nationals killed during the US-sponsored Bellum omnium contra omnes (2003-present) |
|---|---|
250,000-290,000 (via Human Rights Watch) |
655,000 (via The Lancet) |
Saddam Hussein was only able to average 12-15,000 deaths a year, and he had to (in his brutal fashion) put down a civil war. The United States has managed to set up a "state" where the various neo-Khmer Rouge factions are killing over 200,000 people a year.
That's pretty impressive, if brutal mass murder was the intent.
(-- reference via Daily Kos)
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Aaron Tue Feb 19 11:03:12 2008
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It’s the neo-types that are killing the Iraq nationals though, not Americans. These are the people that we are trying to get rid of.