Why are Bush and Blair not terrorists, having on their hands the blood of thousands of innocent Iraqis?
116730
It’s a matter of semantics; Bush and Blair are terrorists to other people, especially many Muslims.  Since the American Government decides what information to release and what spin to put on it, the Government has an enormous amount of control over the way things are named and therefore perceived, thus giving them the good guy status.   \nIn a sense, it's a game of words.  Bombers, hijackers, gunmen, militants, extremists, attackers pick one.  We've done is to them, they've done it to us.  We spin things to make us look right, they spin things to make themselves look right.  \nIn the end, you're going to have to decide for yourself if Bush and Blair are terrorists or freedom fighters.  \n\nI myself would tend to say that they are terrorizing a great deal of innocent women men and children, and are therefore terrorists.
971874
You are so brainwashed it's not even funny.  The civilians being killed in Iraq are either being killed by their own people, or they are providing help to the terrorists and put themselves in harms way.  Before you go spouting off about things you know nothing about, try heading over to Iraq for a year.  You might come back with a different view on everything.
403044
I think that it's pathetic that you would demean these brave people by dragging them into the muddle of politics... How narrow-minded can you be?  There are a lot of people who don't agree with Bush's ethics, but we're not gonna take potshots at people who died with dignity and valor.  And none of us are heartless enough to be glad to see people die!  No government should define its people... a democracy is just that, democratic... majority wins.  I didn't vote for the president in either election and think he has the IQ of boiled cabbage.  Don't forget that BLAIR was also 100% behind this fiasco...
808823
Being extreme means that u are ignorant, with psychological issues, and coming from a pathetic social backgroung...this is why they resort to killing innocent people. But what do u think of those who claim to be The Leaders Of Freedom and democracy and Human rights like Bush doing, supporting, covering up for, and financing massacres of innocent people in Iraq and Palestine? u'll have to excuse the fanatic extremists if the Elite are doing so..with a clear conscience!!
195188
WHAT F**KING INNOCENT CIVILIANS HAVE BUSH OR AMERICAN TROOPS KILLED.\nI SAY IF PRESIDENT BUSH AND AMERICAN TROOPS WENT INTO IRAQ TO KILL CIVILIANS THIS WAR WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 1 HOUR AFTER IT STARTED.\nTHIS WAS NEVER A QUESTION.\nTHIS IS JUST A PLATFORM FOR YOU AND ALL THE OTHER BUSH BASHERS TO MEET.\nWISH I COULD TELL YOU TO KEEP YOUR TWO POINTS.
155100
if you read some more news (not edited for content by liberals) you will see plenty of U.S. civilians and troops tortured, killed, their bodies drug through the streets by the good and noble people of Iraq. I was there I know what really went on, and the liberal newsreports don't want the public to know the truth.\n\njust check with al jazeera and see who has been kidnapped and is awaiting death. Also check and see how many were killed, their heads sawed off with a dull sword, for the glory of allah.\n\nsome soldiers have done unspeakable things and are being punished for it. but who is being held accountable for the kidnappings, torturing and killing of journalists and aid workers?????
1166954
I don't agree with the US not branding them as terrorists, but consider this. You said the IRA has been doing the exact same thing . Well, not entirely. I don't think the IRA has killed 3,000 people in one day. I understand what your saying and I think any number of people lost is bad, but that was a pretty massive number.
796837
Bush went to war in Iraq illegally probably thinking that he will have an easy task of taming us and looting our oil. Suprise suprise we resisted and very few oil tankers have managed to get through. So he has resorted to mass murder of Iraqi's and very conviniently blaming this on insurgents to dupe the world. He encourages the shias to masacre the sunnis who are deemed Sadam supporters. Notice very few times are American soldiers killed during these bombings,its mostly sunnis. What has not got into Bush's thick head,is that by supporting shias he is strenthening Iran's powerhold in this country. Over and above the people that Bush has killed, he is laying the ground work for genicide of the sunnis. Bush and his hench men should be triad for his war crimes against humanity and world peace. WE CAN NOT AND WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE AT ANY COST.
867203
I have seen sights reporting as high as half a million civilians.  There is so much chaos there that no one can accurately give a figure.  Based on the answers here it seems Iraqi life holds no value and analogy is used that if Sadam was killing why not us! But everyone has forgotten that Bush attacked Iraq to make life better for the Iraqis and get rid of Sadam and he is still alive while so many are dead and dying!
1185959
Anybody with a functioning brain is opposed to the war in Iraq unless it's for personal profit. The deaths of thousands of innocent people count for nothing.\nBush has done the impossible , he has turned a bad situation under Saddam into a catastrophe for the whole world
890774
David (above).. I'd like to make a small correction to your assumption, if I may.\n\n90+  percent of the UK population did not support the UK government in its decision to send UK troops into the Iraq invasion.  Hence, you can take it that the UK does _not_ support George Bush today, either.  His only real ally is Tony Blair, who is about to lose his position as Prime Minister mainly because of his support for Bush. If you were to read the serious political commentators, the leaders in many newspapers, discussions on TV and radio, and listen to the conversations of ordinary Brits, you would find that Geo Bush is not supported by the majority of UK people.   Indeed, it would be nonsensical to  support a person whose precipitous and misjudged action has destroyed a sovereign country (forget about Saddam being a bad person - there are plenty of places with wicked heads of state);  whose decisions have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people; who has (according to his own intelligence people) made the threat of terrorism in the West much worse; who has increased the number of terrorist recruits way above that which existed prior to Iraq;  who has spent over $350 Billion of US taxpayers money on this fiasco of a war (and will probably end up by paying even more in order to rebuild Iraq); who has curtailed the civil freedom of his own countrymen, and who has made America not only hated more intensely by the Muslim world, but diminished its standing in the eyes of its Western friends.    No wonder he got a hammering yesterday!
805219
I believe Bush is different from terrorist.  They are fighting the only way they can to try and free their countries from our economic and military domination, fighting for their homeland and families; and Bush is making our young people fight, die and kill innocent people for oil profits for the wealthy.
410809
Maybe it's because they murder anyone who tries to help them.  I don't know what Bush was thinking when he sent our people over there to liberate that bunch of bloodthirsty ingrates, but I do know that whatever the reason was, it wasn't worth the life of one American soldier much less the nearly 3,000 who have died so far.  We should have left the Iraqis to Saddam.  They deserve him.
630265
I don't support the war and don't see how  that is relevant to them being brave or not. They're putting their lives on the line and that is a definite act of courage. Same with the civilian support that is also down there as they face many dangers as well. \n\nDo I know who are killed by them? I suppose Iraq's and I would hope that it would only be those who actually attack the American cames soldiers or those who prey on the weak. I would imagine some civilians do get killed or harmed and it is truly tragic and horrible but that is sometimes the price of war as unfortunate as it is.
855354
I think pride does not come into the equasion.How can it when thousands of innocent iraqi men women and children have perished.British soldiers were sent to a war that was based on lies and propaganda.The casualties of war are but a name and number to the heads of government.They can never feel the pain and suffering of the families that are left grieving.They might as well say "we lied, and for that you died"How can they possibly be proud of that.Ashamed is what they should feel...but somehow i doubt that they do.
835217
Bush and Blair are not directly responsible for all the people dead in Iraq. Yes they did order the troops in but because thousands of people are shooting and trying to kill our soldiers all we can do is fight back.
703012
interesting question, bet you get abused.\n\nkilled the most innocent Bush 10, Saddam 9, OBL 6\ncorrupt; Saddam 10, Bush 7, OBL 0\nterror: OBL 10, Bush 9, Saddam 0\nliar: Saddam 10, Bush 8, OBL 0\nregime violence, Saddam 10, Bush 5 OBL n/a\nstupid Bush 10, saddam 2, OBL 0\ndangerous: Bush 10, OBL 5, Saddam 0\n\nthat gives a result of Bush 59/70, Saddam 41/70, OBL 21/70\n\nhowever, the figures represent answers to "loaded" questions. i don't really think OBL is a better person than Bush, but Bush is clearly more violent and dangerous.