Reply #16: But we went to war

[Dem2dend]

against the better judgement of many.
Prior to the war the army dropped leaflets explaining exactly how the Iraq military could avoid being killed. Most (it turns out) read the advice, took it, and lived.
All this occurred after the "shock and awe" campaign and the soldiers that were killed must have understood they were up against a force they couldn't defeat, still they decided to take their chances in the protection of Islam and Saddam.

Since then we have discovered that, prior to our takeover, hundreds ot thousands of people had been killed under the Saddam's rule.
Yes many of Iraq's military were killed during our invasion, and, while I don't agree with the war, I do agree that using whatever means available to us to spare our soldiers lives was the intelliegent thing to do.

I wonder how many armies in the history of war have given detailed options prior to bombing of how not to die in the battle, in order to save as many civilian lives as possible?
Certainly not Hitler, certainly not Saddam.
War is hell, but if you're going to go to war the invading army has to do whatever is necessary to protect its troops.