Can we please stop counting the dead in Iraq?
817980
I think there are something like 60 murders per day in America.  Is anyone saying we should pull out of here?\n\nAnd to all those that are saying "We DO count them", I think what the questioner is referring to is the constant total on the news each night.  I think we all know war stinks and people dying stinks and we probably all respect the fallen soldiers and their families.  The thing that gets tiresome is the constant reporting of the negative news from the war designed to inflame the "peace-at-all-costs" people by saying "I told you so" and the lack of reporting on the positive effects our servicemen are having in Iraq.\n\nWhile we DO count those that die in DUI's, it's not front-page news.
313443
There is 26 to 30 thousand people murdered in the US every year.I don`t know how many troops died last year in Iraq,but I`m sure It pails in comparison to the war on the streets of America.If I had to guess I would say less than 3% of the total.It seems terribly sad that we talk about these past souls as though they are change on the counter top.The world Is In a tragic state.Good Luck to you!
447954
"30,000 more or less" I believe was the number Bush gave. But heres a website that has a better number.\n\nhttp://www.iraqbodycount.net/\n\n\npeace
394831
what we r doing in iraq is genocide and we should stop now!
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.
497970
Throw in the false death figures, tell about the 100,000 Iraqi and Afghan's deaths. That should cover about 10 minutes of time for a debate.
42905
Yes. Ours. In Iraq over 30,000 civilians have been killed. It is not known how many were "terrorist", it is known that none were Bin Laden. He is in Afghanistan not Iraq, Ooooooops, wrong Country.\nBTW, the UN says it was more like 500,000 civilians since Desert Storm when Iraq surrendered.\nWhat religions would Invade a defenseless Country, that had already surrendered?
991351
Many million. No official figures exist because they are kept secret.\n\nHow many were murder at Da Nang? How many in the Kurdish attempt to assassinate Saddam? As before replace Kurds with Shiites.\n\nTianimin Square, Chechen, Timor, Somalia, Ivory Coast, Korea, Morocco, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Peru, Falklands, Suez, Libya, Kosavo, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia Serbia, Montenegro, Cyprus, Prague, Kiev, Minsk, Warsaw, Vietnam, Saudi, Iran, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Basque, Spain, Ethiopia,  Zaire (Democratic republic of Congo, Cabelaopia, whatever else they have called themselves post millennium). Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Israel, Palestine, Chile, the list goes on.\n\nSome wars do have a purpose. Most don't.
492401
Too many.  We are disposing of our own people.  Sad state of affairs don't you think?
199316
Iraqis are too busy killing each other, and once we leave that is the only people they will be killing. It's called civil war folks. You can sanitise it with pretty words all you want, they just found 24 dead bodies hung up today alone. Blood in the steets sounds very enjoyable, dirt.
697023
America likes numbers and pictures. Think about what ended Vietnam - the pictures of soldiers dying and children burning. In Iraq, you have the best censorship that money can buy. But you can't hide the numbers - nearly 3000 soldiers killed. Over 20,000 injured. Some 500,000 Iraqi civilians killed. \n\nThe figures stick out for people. Then they start to see what's really happening. They start reading news sources other than the ones on FOX or CNN. They get a fuller picture. They have coffins returning to their home towns. Then it gets personal. \n\nThe bungled post-war planning is akin to criminal negligence. Someone should be held accountable.
859104
Great post!!  Your facts do not lie.  I really don't understand why people are so worked up over this Iraq situation.  As you stated, these are not alarming death tolls.  Our country has chosen to defend ourselves through a terrorist hosting country.  I give great credit to those who put their life down for our country, the 2,839 that were killed could be a very small number compared to the next terroirst attack on the US. THANKS FOR THE STATS!!! Happy Veterans day to all of my co-servers. =)
835300
Yes. Octobers U.S. death toll was the highest yet. Our troops continue to die in a battle that can't be won. When all the Iraq people are dead, maybe then our troops can come home.
988091
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/\nhttp://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182\n\nthough I think they may count insurgents as civi's.\n\nI am sorry, but I am more concerned about the monitary value of this war than the iraqi lives lost. Unfortunately it is not equaling up for me. I think we should pull out before this poor excuse for a economic boost kills our markets even more.\n\n9/11, USS Cole, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania *2, OK City, and so on are facts of life. It is part of being the most powerful nation on Earth, you piss off alot of people to get there.
1015323
I wonder how many dead US soldiers you would have thought were 'acceptable' before we pulled out of WWII?  We could just mow Iraq down and turn it into a potato field (this was suggested with Germany after WWII).\n\nInflamatory questions such as this do not really get to the heart of the debate.
1090166
250,000 Iraqis have been murdered by the barbaric American troops since the 2003 invasion. Most of them are civilians, women and children. Therefore by the Bush administrations own 'standards' you have committed genocide. I don't know about you but I do not like to be partially responsible for such war crimes, whether 250,000 deaths is genocide or not, it is an unforgivable crime. As citizens in a "democratic, freedom loving" country you should take some responsibility for the actions of your elected barbaric governments.
657748
Most Americans dont have common sense when it comes to comparing death.  There are many instances like that.  For Example, statistically Marine Corps BootCamp is the absolute safest place for a person to be, yet the media and the people BLOW UP when someone dies there.  STOP COMPARING IRAQ TO NAM! They are nothing alike. Vietnam involved real fighting! Iraq war deaths are mostly IEDs and cowardly tactics like that!