100,000 Iraqi Civilians have died in current war

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

The UN weighs in with their number.

According to those UN numbers, we are killing Iraqi civilians at about the same rate per year that Saddam was. But clearly that is better because Americans are more moral about causing civilian deaths.

After all, we did not intend to kill all those people. Therefore it is moral. We did not intend to create the insurgency when we disbanded the army and police. Therefore all this violence is not America's fault.

Question remains: how many more will die if Iraq breaks down into civil war? History teaches that American occupation (complete with a puppet government) will be required for up to 10 years. No problem. America wants to be the world's policeman. The current Iraqi government can only exist in Green Zones protected by the US military. Why is their own country so dangerous even for their own government? Iraq has never been a more dangerous place - thanks to America.

Those who do die will die for moral reasons. The Iraqi death rate is either same as or higher than during Saddam's reign depending on the source. We call this "Mission Accomplished" - or "Good Morning Vietnam". Same difference. They are only gooks.