Why did the US allow 300,000 Iraqi's to be killed and placed in mass graves during the 90's?
339446
We tried in the early 90's in Desert Storm to take out Hussein, and then Clinton came.  Check out the "battle at mogadishu" in Somalia...see how we turned tail and ran, and left the radicals with the impression that we were open for attack.  See Diane Sawyer's interview with Osama bin Laden pre-911.  \n\nJust remember to place the blame where it lies, on Hussein.\n\nAnd for that matter, why are we allowing the genocide right now in Sudan, and why did we in Rwanda?
1071597
Mr Clinton stated that the reason he was sending troops was because Milosevic was committing genocide.  He was right and it was stopped.  Mr. Bush claimed he was sending troops because Saddam had WMD's, was starting a nuclear weapon program, had ties to AL Quada and was involved in 9-11.  All those things were wrong and now thousands of people are dead and the killing continues.  If Mr. Bush would have stated he was sending troops because Saddam was committing genocide, then he would have been right, also.  That's the difference: being right vrs. being wrong.
482837
Bush is to blame. I'm sure when these people joined the military they did it with the assumption that they would not be sent into harms way unless it was NECESSARY to defend the country. This war was not necassary. (What weapons of mass destruction?) The blood of every dead or injured American soldier and every innocent Iraqi civilian is on his hands.
551605
I heard the total number of Iraqi's who have died since the American occupation is around 100,000. How many have died since the war officially ended I couldn't say.\n\nIt is very naive by the way to believe insurgents are responsible for the majority of these deaths.
1164004
Regardless of whether there are or were weapons of mass destruction - what was going on in Iraq was wrong and unacceptable.  The killing of thousands of innocent people and the ruling of a tyrant - horrible.  There are so many places they could hide the weapons - or by now maybe they were smuggled out of the country - who knows, but it's not a long shot to say they were there at one time.
606709
kutekymme,, what is the previous record.  Do you mean the 30k+ civilians that Saddam GASSED to death?  Or do you mean the civilians that are housing the enemy soldiers who are shooting from the rooftops of their homes?\n\nAlso, What war has the lowest number of soldiers killed in it?\nI'll give you a hint, Iraq.
656368
America is a society without a culture.It is not suprising that they didnt realise they were destroying a centre that held a culture together under Saddam. Shame on the US.
798591
Usually in Africa...  But in Vietnam it was done when N Vietnam regimes pulled in. Did you ever hear of the killing fields?  Kids were massacring people after we pulled out of Vietnam.   Millions died.
521929
yes there are some American soldiers killing Iraqi's.  However the ones being killed by the Americans are not your typical Iraqi.  They are the ones who like to murder their fellow Iraqi's, such as when Saddam gassed to death over 30 thousand Kurdish Iraqi's.\n\nSo, basically, the American soldiers are protecting more current and future lives than can ever be imagined.
436003
you are already doing that.before you invaded iraq,all were living in peace and harmony.who went against the law (how ever the laws were strict)was punished.but after march 2003,you made a brother kill his brother in a jungle where law naver exist under your supervission.why was the army and security forces desolved and all their assets looted.how can you build such forces in short time,whereas the old ones took 82 years to build.this is the results.mellitias,gangs,undiciplined forces.total curse.what else you want.
516082
That larger organization are terrorists and they have to be stopped.\nIraq was better off under Saddam? All those mass graves must have been an illusion.\n\nAverage Iraqi's are happy for the new freedoms--is this easy? no\nHave mistakes been made? yes--The mistake was not enough man power and under-estimating the terrorist threat.
1138931
Wasn't it Saddam who murdered thousands of Kurds? How is that for ethnic cleansing? I think you are out of your mind.
331694
That's 2391 too many.  We sent them to die for no good reason.  America should only go to war when it's absolutely necessary, and Iraq was not necessary.
166073
Gulf War (1990-91)\n\n    * Shortly after the war, the US Defense Intelligence Agency made a very rough estimate of 100,000 Iraqi deaths, and this order of magnitude is widely accepted -- even improved upon:\n          o B&J: 50,000 to 100,000\n          o Compton's: 150,000 Iraqi soldiers killed\n          o World Political Almanac 3rd: 150,000 incl. civilians.\n          o Our Times: 200,000.\n    * Other authoritative sources working with more detailed data have come up with lower numbers:\n          o The British govt. put the death toll at 30,000 (War Annual 6, 1994)\n          o A May 1992 report by the US House Armed Services Committee estimated that 9,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed by the air campaign. [http://es.rice.edu/projects/Poli378/Gulf/aspin_rpt.html]\n          o The PBS news show Frontline estimates 2300 civilians, 10-20,000 military in air war and, 10,000 military in the ground war; for a total of 27,300 ±5000. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/appendix/death.html)
692277
Partly.  The US withdrawal sent the message that the US would cut and run once their nose got bloodied (no disrespect intended towards soldiers and marines that died there).  It emboldened the terrorists.
573347
umm...You must be really young, ignorant or both. Saddam killed hundreds of thousands. He USED weapons of mass destruction on the Kurdish people in northern Iraq...He used them in the war with Iran...He invaded Kuwait to steal their oil. He violated the U.N. resolutions regarding the cease fire after the first gulf war repeatedly. Saddam ran torture chambers. He murdered Iraqi Olympic athletes if they did not win a medal. He ruled his country as a ruthless blood thirsty dictator. Saddam actually had giant shredders...like wood chippers that he put his political opponents into alive. Saddam would have had Nuclear weapons if the Israeli Air Force had not destroyed their facility in the early 80s. Saddam Hussein was paying $25,000 cash to any palestinian family that would use one of their children as a Suicide Bomber to go Kill Israelis'. Saddam had met with leaders of Al Qaeda to plan future attacks on the USA and Israel. Saddam Hussein was embezzling money in the U.N. oil for food program to use as bribes to pay off the Russians and the French to change their votes at the U.N. Security council. Under Saddams rule, Women were not allowed to be educated. Under Saddams rule watching sattelite T.V. and getting on the internet was forbidden. All of this and more...and you have the audacity to place President Bush, who is trying the best he know how to protect America and spread freedom and democracy around the world, in the same league as Saddam Hussein? You and any others who think this way are so far out of touch with reality, so full of Hatred for President Bush, that you are incapable of rational thought or an unbiased opinion about what is really going on in the world. Unbelievable...
1035036
The Iraq government has the last say in it. They suffered more of his regime then we Americans have so it's really under their jurisdiction to do what they may with him.