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That's still a bad benchmark Isaac Send a noteboard - 02/02/2010 10:00:23 AM
I'd be curious to see the statistics regarding attacks on US troops vs. attacks on civilians. I suspect civilians would be higher, but not by much.


Depends on whose figures you go with, there's no legitimate way to really determine, but the coalition keeps a count of everyone who died directly from an attack. Loosely speaking, around a hundred thousand, almost all from terrorist attacks. That's why most of us don't mind calling all the attackers there terrorists, when your kill ration is about 30 of your own citizens for every 'foriegn opressor' you're pretty far beyond claiming legitimate collateral damage.

Attacks on US troops by terrorists are still acts of terrorism. I agree that targteing an occuying force, even in a fashion which may result in occassional civilian deaths, falls under 'freedom fighter' but the fact that most attacks, especially recently, have been against their own citizens or police with no US troops nearby puts the lie to that. You also have to have some moral justification when claiming freedom fighters. Saddam Hussein and his regime were not one lick better than the Nazis, US occupation has been anything but draconian. Carry the freedom fighter analogy to far and people can justify attack US troops in Haiti. The occupation force spent most of it's time doing patrols and assisting locals. As justifications for violent resistance go, 'let's go blow up a bunch of our guys in the hope we might kill a few of the half-dozen heavily armored soldiers who are delivering food, water, medicine and equipment to our own people' is somewhere down there with cutting peoples tongues out to keep them from using foul language. The reason is highly questionable to begin with and certainly doens't justify the means, so I would say it's perfectly acceptable to justify all attacks in Iraq as terrorist, and certainly any where civilians were present.
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All Terrorists are Muslims… except the 94% that aren’t. - 01/02/2010 10:42:12 PM 1822 Views
I find that unsurprising. - 01/02/2010 11:31:43 PM 500 Views
Lot of BS in there - 01/02/2010 11:33:08 PM 616 Views
I'm afraid I have to agree with this. - 01/02/2010 11:46:02 PM 567 Views
Well, no. Robbery accounts for a very small percentage of those attacks. Look at the chart. - 01/02/2010 11:50:39 PM 535 Views
I found the so-called Islamophobic reply... allow me to quote it in its entirety. - 01/02/2010 11:52:37 PM 550 Views
It's a valid complaint. *NM* - 02/02/2010 01:49:08 AM 210 Views
Whose complaint is valid? - 02/02/2010 01:55:58 AM 512 Views
Yours. *NM* - 02/02/2010 02:15:01 AM 217 Views
I did note the rampant bias. - 01/02/2010 11:48:55 PM 628 Views
What about attacks on Iraqi police volunteers? - 01/02/2010 11:53:58 PM 530 Views
it only included attacks on American soil *NM* - 02/02/2010 02:03:16 PM 224 Views
Most of the Iraq violence isn't against the foreign occupier... - 01/02/2010 11:54:44 PM 544 Views
Ahem... /\ /\ /\ - 01/02/2010 11:56:34 PM 571 Views
Dude, 46 seconds. I was typing it while you posted. *NM* - 02/02/2010 12:05:44 AM 210 Views
True, but I was referring to attacks on US soldiers. - 02/02/2010 01:47:55 AM 527 Views
That's still a bad benchmark - 02/02/2010 10:00:23 AM 614 Views
You would be very wrong - 02/02/2010 02:11:08 PM 571 Views
Um, since when is all Mid-East terrorism against foreign occupiers? - 02/02/2010 12:33:13 AM 689 Views
I would agree with this. - 02/02/2010 02:33:47 AM 609 Views
It was bound to happen sooner or later. - 02/02/2010 04:10:13 AM 644 Views
This is the only problem I have with "definitions" - 02/02/2010 04:51:00 AM 521 Views
You're conflating two types of fighters who shouldn't be, I believe. - 03/02/2010 06:16:21 AM 511 Views
I think you missed the point. - 05/02/2010 05:15:40 AM 520 Views
One of us did. - 05/02/2010 08:26:07 AM 694 Views
I'm not talking ETHICALLY or MORALLY - 14/02/2010 06:41:32 PM 520 Views
I was, or at least speaking legally. - 15/02/2010 06:54:50 AM 580 Views
Churchill's justification of bombings cited civilians as the targets, IIRC - 03/02/2010 12:46:16 AM 701 Views
I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. - 03/02/2010 04:23:44 AM 657 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. - 05/02/2010 02:22:10 AM 851 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. - 15/02/2010 09:46:48 AM 696 Views
Lame. - 01/02/2010 11:55:50 PM 477 Views
Demographics are the key, methinks. - 02/02/2010 12:20:46 AM 626 Views
WTF? Are these people serious? - 02/02/2010 02:19:05 AM 565 Views
Ah, good. I've driven you out of lurking. Now recommend me operas. *NM* - 02/02/2010 02:41:30 AM 208 Views
Huh? *NM* - 02/02/2010 02:03:24 PM 226 Views
I made a survey on musicals and operas on the board! - 02/02/2010 05:15:45 PM 486 Views
I agree with tom - 02/02/2010 02:54:53 AM 526 Views
So what? - 02/02/2010 02:23:42 AM 571 Views
Waco were terrorist? Do they just make this crap up? *NM* - 02/02/2010 02:00:40 PM 402 Views
leftist dhimmi allies... rofl - 04/02/2010 04:56:48 AM 508 Views

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