Comment Re:The important question... (Score 1) 478
I think the number of civilians dying is an important issue that people need to be aware of (not saying these are accurate).
In terms of a decision of whether this was the right war, done the right way, whether "the average ordinary Iraqi is grateful" is not the only bar. Its using the ends to justify the means. And if you follow the logic far enough, we should have already been in the Sudan for a while (or any of a dozen african nations over the past decades).
And my guess is that history will prove that regardless of the results of the war, it was started under false pretexts and poorly planned, and is widely thought to have cost the 43rd President his chance at a second term.
In terms of a decision of whether this was the right war, done the right way, whether "the average ordinary Iraqi is grateful" is not the only bar. Its using the ends to justify the means. And if you follow the logic far enough, we should have already been in the Sudan for a while (or any of a dozen african nations over the past decades).
And my guess is that history will prove that regardless of the results of the war, it was started under false pretexts and poorly planned, and is widely thought to have cost the 43rd President his chance at a second term.
