| [quote:post_uid0]look at the death toll since iraq was apparently liberated. Look at the people who have died. [/quote:post_uid0]
There's an interesting bit of WWII history that is left out of history books. At the end of the war, nazi loyalists were taking cheap shots at Allied troops for a long time after the end of the war in vain attempts to remove the forces and regain power, much in the same manner that Saddam loyalists are doing today. Is it your opinion that the Allied troops should have pulled out of Germany instead of sustaining the extra loss of lives? The deaths that have occured since the end of major conflict is just what happens when a regime change takes place. The media is just blowing up the situation to make it look a whole lot worse than it is because it gets them ratings. It's the same sensationalized bullsh*t that they've been doing for the last year. The military campaign in Iraq has been a sucess the likes of which has never been seen before, and these attempts to make it look like another Vietnam is beyond ludicrous.
[quote:post_uid0]All they did was flatten a nation and declared victory.. even though the intended targets are still alive today.[/quote:post_uid0]
If that's what you really think then you aren't paying attention. This was the most 'compassionate' military operation of it's kind that there has ever been. Civilian casualties were at a minimum and we spent millions if not billions of dollars more than needed to use these smart bombs to only blow up military targets. Of course some went off target, but for the most part they were incredibly sucessful. Now we're in the process of rebuilding things that were destroyed and building schools and hospitals that were never there in the first place. We did not flatten the country and we've done a whole lot more than just declare victory.
As for Saddam, given that he had a six month head start to flee, it's not that surprising that we haven't gotten him. I'm actually not convinced that he hasn't been killed. I believe Osama Bin Laden is dead and I'm really starting to think Husein is as well. All that being said however, of the 52 people in that infamous deck of cards, I believe Saddam is one of only 5 or 10 people we haven't captured or killed, so contrary to you're statement, our targets were taken care of. |