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Originally Posted by LewisM
1 million Iraqis... please elucidate where you contrived this figure. Most reports put it closer to 500,000, to as "few" as 121,000.
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I think the number of Iraqis that died directly from violence as a result of the war is just over 100,000. The larger figure (which I believe runs into the millions - mostly children) includes those that are estimated to have died as a result of the punitive sanctions which were imposed and the destruction of infrastructure (like water treatment plants and power stations)
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I personally find US foreign policy and actions abhorrent, despicable, and rife with double standard.
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I feel compassion for the people of the US, they have been largely blamed for an in-conscionable foreign policy. The truth is, the US government is the best democracy money can buy. To understand who formulates US policy, you need look no further than the demographic of people who fund (both sides of) the election campaigns and who owns or controls the media. They simply use America as a proxy bully to wage their wars for them.