Originally posted by GigaShadow
You have a valid question Luckee, but it seems Saddam is more elusive than was originally thought.
On the subject of Afghanistan, there were not that many civilian casualties. No one has been bombed yet, and if the bombing does start, Iraq can only blame themselves for innocent loss of life. By purchasing jammers and building his military compounds in the middle of civilian populations is in effect using human shields.
Do you think that if the Iraqi\'s were attacking and we were hiding behind civilians that they would give that any consideration? Not that two wrongs make a right, but the point I am trying to make here is that Saddam knows exactly what he is doing and what our overall policy is of trying to limit the casualties of non combatents. By him using people as shields shows what little value he has for human life.
I think that may be an excuse by our media/government. Saddam is often seen in public and on TV.
Not many that were reported, but think of all of the ones that dont get out. The media and government tends to keep their soldier count up and ours down, along with their civilian count.
I also do not agree with how they place military installations amongst the civilians. I tend to dismiss that when I talk about civilian casualties. In those cases, I can certainly agree that we have no choice.
Always remember in our disagreements in this. I am not nor ever saying saddam shouldnt be killed. Im just not eager to see dummy number2 with soldiers placed ALL over the world fighting wars on multiple fronts. Saddam should be killed ASAP, but not by our war. We saw how well that worked last time. He knew they were at war so he hid. If we stop threatening with war, he will become more comfortable over time. Thats when we could eliminate him. I dont think it would be that hard, it would just mean more shit the government has to wiggle out of as if they are new to it
