CNN Just Spoke With Some Two Supposed Undecided Voters

[The Midnight Ride]

I know that we've killed some, but where did the "hundreds of thousands" come from? We may have killed that many people by the sanctions that we placed on Iraq, but not on the bombings. It's important for Ron to be accurate in what he says.

I have seen it many times, I know "The Sorrows of Empire" by Chalmers Johnson contains a large section on the killings in Iraq during the mid-90's. I will try to dig up an article when I get the time.

 

[Brett85]

I can't find it right now but I did see figures yesterday and pre-9/11 bombings equaled to hundreds of thousands of innocent civilian iraqi deaths.

Mind you, this is NOT from sanctions, this is from bombings, sanctions killed several hundred thousand more.

You may be right, but I just can't remember that. I just remember that Clinton bombed Iraq around the time of the Monica Lewinski scandal. He did it in order to distract from the Lewinski scandal. But I thought that we were just targeting government buildings.

 

[CTRattlesnake]

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[Aldanga]

I know that we've killed some, but where did the "hundreds of thousands" come from? We may have killed that many people by the sanctions that we placed on Iraq, but not on the bombings. It's important for Ron to be accurate in what he says.

Different estimates per Wikipedia.

 

[AuH20]

I know that we've killed some, but where did the "hundreds of thousands" come from? We may have killed that many people by the sanctions that we placed on Iraq, but not on the bombings. It's important for Ron to be accurate in what he says.

Ron is taking liberties with that number as well on the account that it was a multi-faction civil war taking place. You had the Iran backed Shia in the south, the Saddam loyalists in and around Baghdad, the Al Qaeda 'jihadists' flooding in from Saudi Arabia and finally the Kurdish remnant in the North. But allegedly the U.S. was indiscriminately killing anything that was moving on the ground, either friend or foe. I'm no supporter of the U.S. military but this is highly inaccurate.

 

[ItsTime]

You may be right, but I just can't remember that. I just remember that Clinton bombed Iraq around the time of the Monica Lewinski scandal. He did it in order to distract from the Lewinski scandal. But I thought that we were just targeting government buildings.

It is a little known fact that Clinton dropped more bombs on Iraq than Bush 1 did in the first gulf war.

 

[LibertyEsq]

i thought it was rons best debate performance so far... just because some people boo'ed.. well im used to that... and those people wont be voting for ron paul..

Sounds like a great strategy for winning votes and a primary!

/sarcasm

 

[KhunJean]

I think when Ron Paul says 'We' he means government. And government is the peoples representative.
I am from The Netherlands and i see it as your peoples fault that such a government exists.
Where is the outrage? Why aren't millions of people marching in Washington and demand troops get home?
I meet many Americans (tourism) and compared to other nations you are the happiest. Maybe that is the problem?
btw In the Netherlands it is the same so i am just using it to explain my opinion as someone who looks from the outside.

 

[KingNothing]

I think when Ron Paul says 'We' he means government. And government is the peoples representative.
I am from The Netherlands and i see it as your peoples fault that such a government exists.
Where is the outrage? Why aren't millions of people marching in Washington and demand troops get home?

Meh. Who has time to march, protest and bring about real change when we can play on iPads and watch Dancing With The Stars and American Idol?

Now, what do we think of Herman Cain saying he'd bring a sense of humor to the White House? Does that make him likeable enoughto be preside?