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Victor_c3

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3. I hate to sound so callous

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2012, 08:38 AM

Sep 2012

but what do you expect? A war is being fought over there and, unfortunately, the vast majority of the victims are women and children. I hate to keep recycling the same facts over and over again, but the ratio of civilians killed in war compared to soldiers killed in war is 10:1 in 20th century wars. Search "civilian casualty ratio" on wikipedia.

I'm just as angry at this as you guys obviously are and I feel powerless that I don't know how to stop it.

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Kabul attack: Bomber kills children near Nato base [View all] xchrom Sep 2012 OP

Afghanistan is just a slow-motion Vietnam. unhappycamper Sep 2012 #1

+1 xchrom Sep 2012 #2

I hate to sound so callous Victor_c3 Sep 2012 #3