1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"

[David Morris]

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> > 2. Now there are thousands of Iraqis killed by Saddam and thousands killed
by the coalition troops for a simple Iraqi (Shia, Sunni or Kurd) this doesn't
make a big difference. Whether your child has died of the Baath-party,
UN-sanctions or precision guided missiles doesn't matter in the end.
> 
> But the numbers and circumstances don't match like that at all. Saddam
murdered hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of innocent Iraqis.
Murdered them deliberately. The number of Iraqi civilians killed in the war,
deplorable though it still is, isn't even one percent of that number, and they
weren't killed deliberately. It isn't the same. They aren't comparable.

Thank you.  Your are exactly correct.  And beyond this there is the fact that
the desired and sought after result of this war will be the freedom of Iraqis
from a horific totalitarian ruler and possibly the establishment of democracy
in an arab state.  To gloss over the differences, or to say there is no
difference betrays a determination to see no difference.

David Morris

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