Thursday, January 31, 2008

1,000,000 Iraqis killed in war

Reuters wrote an article today in regard to a survey conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB), which claims that anywhere from 946,258 to 1,120,000 Iraqis have been killed in the war. Those responsible for the study interviewed 2,414 adults face-to-face. Some, especially in Washington, may question the authenticity of the study, but it'd be humanly impossible to conduct a study on the deaths in the Iraq War which was 100% accurate. If these results are anywhere close to being accurate, it is a very disturbing and sad finding. It makes me contemplate, when is it time to say when? How can victory/defeat be measured in regard to wars such as this, which was based on false pretenses? How many lives must be lost in order for us to realize that it's time to pull out? Have we escalated the hatred for our country through the war? Is that hatred beyond reparation? Will we ever be able to be at peace with Iraq? The longer we're there, the more lives will be lost and through that, the more the hatred will expand and linger. As I see it, the sooner we're out, the better. Approximately 3,000 Americans were killed in the 9/11 attacks. Slightly less than 4,000 Americans have been killed in the wars overseas. Combine the two and 7,000 Americans have been killed through the terror attacks and the wars waged. That can't even slightly compare to 1,000,000 fatalities suffered in Iraq. I can't even fathom that. That's 143 times the number of deaths suffered by Americans in 9/11 and the wars and 333 times the amount of deaths suffered on 9/11 alone.

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