Saddam: Murderer of 300,000 people...
Recently someone I know made the comment, in response to one of the charges of invading Iraq: to end Saddam's killing spree, "oh c'mon, it's not like he was killing people every day!"
Oh, how naive some people are! Mass graves have just been discovered in Iraq. Here is an excerpt from a recent CNN article covering the issue:
Human rights groups believe about 300,000 people were killed during Saddam's 24-year rule, which ended when U.S.-led forces toppled his regime in 2003.
Let's just do some math here, and put this in perspective:
300,000 murders divided by 24 years = 12,500 murders PER YEAR!
12,500 murders per year divided by 365 days per year = over 34 murders PER DAY!
Now that is a LOT of murders by anyone's standard... people should really educate themselves more about obviously polarized issues... after all, issues are usually only polarized because there are educated points on both sides of an issue...
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I removed "subutane's" above-posted comment because it was merely a one-line political attack without any proof cited to back up his/her claim... it was completely unfounded that I felt it had no basis being here.
Before someone comes back stating "political censorship", let me just remind them to scan other stories on our site... they will find a few instaces of anti-Bush/Pro-Kerry supporters who posted their views in a logical, with references to something we could all draw the facts from (either actual citations, or just references to actual events and quotes) and debate the issue with. I never deleted those posts, and in fact replied to them.
This individual's statement was so short, so directed, so closed, and so narrow that he/she obviously doesn't even care to hear about the "other side" and just wants to post one-liners out of anger (an example of the type of statement he/she posted would be "You suck!")... very immature if you ask me and not worthy of consideration here.
It wasn't political censorship, it was intelligence censorship. "Subutane's" intelligence in this post was exhibited to bo so low that I didn't feel his/her comment deserved to be here.
That being said, I welcome an educated, well-thought-out rebuttal to any of our views here! I actually enjoy reading other people's views and I *AM* persuadable... in my mind, the ability to discuss our thoughts and persuade our fellow citizens is one of the great things that makes America Great!
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