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Originally posted by johnny:
They don't ? Remember this ?
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Glad you brought that up. The city was under siege and a MASSIVE 13 people were killed, leading to 30 years of public inquiries into why SO MANY people were killed and what went WRONG to cause such a HEAVY loss of life. And the siege of 'Free Derry' was to last another 6 months without *any* further loss of life until the army ended the siege - and even then only 2 more people were killed on the day.
In Falluja the numbers are *considerably* higher.
Now, if we term Falluja a
warzone, the civilian toll is within 'acceptable' bounds. Those kinds of numbers are relatively small for a siege of this size and the methodology (the usage of heavy ordinance and aerial bombardment) is within the normal bounds of war. However, if it is a war-zone, then you can't ask the Iraqi troops to fight their own people.
If, on the other hand, it is a simple security operation to round up a few murderers, then the death toll shows a criminal disregard for life - and again, the troops should refuse to participate on those grounds.
Personally, I consider it a warzone and that the resultant loss of life is a regrettable but normal part of such an operation of that scale. Either way though, Iraqi troops no business participating.
[ 04-13-2004, 03:51 AM: Message edited by: Skunk ]