"That's just 100,000 less Aye-rabs!"

[bif]

From a guy in a bar a few minutes ago after I said, "Did you her the latest civilian death toll was estimated at 100,000 in Iraq?"

I felt like punching the guy. Instead I just said, "What, they're not human beings?'

He walked out of the bar.

[Hello_Kitty]

1. Typical racist asshole. n/t

[ixion]

2. people like that make me sick

:puke:

[louis-t]

3. Typical * voter and

Rush listener.

[Inland]

4. Bush has a big following among those who want dead arabs, whether

involved in 9/11 or not. Bush's indiscriminate war doesn't bother them at all.

[DS1]

5. I love the paradox. We're there to ensure their 'freedom', but damn if it

ain't fun killin a few while we're at it.

[shoelace414]

6. and it pisses off the "average voter"

[Zuni]

7. that was a total deaths estimate, not civilian casualties

just FYI

The guy was a prick anyway.

[Bridget Burke]

10. Why shouldn't we count the Iraqi soldiers?

They were defending their country against a foreign invasion.

[XNASA]

8. But I thought we were there to help the Iraqis. Right?

Doesn't * himself say so? Or does the guy in the bar just think that's "code".

What were you doing in a bar soearly, if you don't mind me asking?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

9. 100,000 less may equal 1 million more willing to strap TNT to him/herself

and walk near some/any American(s) within walking distance.

[bif]

12. It was 1 o'clock local time

And i was drinking water and having a burger. I don't drink during the day.

[tres_bohemienne]

13. export democracy, not help

Let's be honest. Whatever we say our reason was, it never was really about helping the Iraqis.

I think that we wanted to put a democracy in the Middle East. You know, expand the franchise, sort of like a WalMart or a Starbucks or a McDonald's.

We figured that Iraq would be the neighborhood where there was the least resistance to the franchise. I'm pretty sure those making the decisions realized that there were no WMDs.

www.stopthecrap.org

[rot0r_head]

15. No war in history has ever been started for purely humanitarian reasons

Greed. Alliances. Retaliation. Boredom.

There are quite a few reasons for warring it up. Helping people, no matter their suffering, isn't one of them. That was simply reason #2 trotted out when people outside the administration started noticing a lack of Doomesday Weapons in Iraq.

[XNASA]

16. Democracy at the end of a gun barrel.

Somehow, it never seems to work.

[Donkeyboy75]

11. Ahhhhh,

Michigan. Got my fair dose of it in Ohio and Indiana, too.

[RPM]

14. GUH

thats awful