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Oh yeah. Guess what. Fallujah had a population of 500,000 people. 1600 bodies aren't going leave that many streets littered.
Penta wrote:I think we can assume that the figures of 1200 to 1600 dead 'insurgents' will be made up of any dead Iraqi males between 15 and 55. And the same goes for the prisoners.
We can also assume that only the men among the civilians will have ventured out of their houses on to the streets to try to find food or water, or to bring inside anybody wounded they wanted to try to help.
I suppose you think the 38 US troops that have died then during the Fallujah campaign were all killed by friendly fire
You would think, being an academic, that some rigors of logic might've seeped into that brain of yours.
Tell me how you would distinguish between a dead unarmed combatant and a dead unarmed civilian then, Tarkan.
Penta wrote:Tell me how you would distinguish between a dead unarmed combatant and a dead unarmed civilian then, Tarkan.
Tarkan wrote:Penta wrote:Tell me how you would distinguish between a dead unarmed combatant and a dead unarmed civilian then, Tarkan.
Lets play a little logic game.
A man wearing a grey shirt and a black mask is observed sniping at your unit from approximately 500 yards away with a rifle, on top of a building. Before your unit can engage, and eliminate the threat, he disappears from the rooftop.
To simplify the game a little bit, we'll assume no artillery or air support is available.
You and your men carefully approach the building.
When you get within 250 yards, a man wearing a grey shirt and a black mask darts from the building. Your M249 SAW gunner opens up and takes him out. As you go to secure the person, you see that he was not carrying a weapon.
In the little leftist world that is Penta's brain, what do we have:
1) a war crime committed by US troops?
2) an enemy combatant making a run for it?
3) a glorious freedom fighter cut down by the evil Imperialistic Forces of Haliburton USA?
4) a poor boy going to get food and water for his 14 sisters and great grandmother?
5) a great opportunity to submit your latest anti-US screed to zmag?
I'm guessing the only one that doesn't make the list for you is #2.
Sometimes you really are ridiculous Penta. Ok, make that like all the time. But still. You would think, being an academic, that some rigors of logic might've seeped into that brain of yours.
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