| FootballFan said: Hmmm....I have mixed views on the war. I would however say that it is our (wests) responsibility to counter any group that aims to implant fear into the general public. Terrorist attacks have been few and far between since we went into Iraq(illegal) and Afganistan (Legal). Sure we are losing troops which is always upsetting, but in doing so the islamic extreamists are forced back and resulting in us fighting a war at their non literal home (Pakistan...) instead of the street of Britain. Some people would argue that if we didn't have a war there maybe there wouldn't be any terrorism. This is simply not true. Many of these people gfighting are brain washed into thinking that fighting the west is a holy crusade and will not finish untill they have tried to casuse significent problems. Ok...so in 9/11 and 7/7 roughly 4,000 inocent people got instantly killed. That number hasn't even being exceeded over 9 years fighting two wars. For casualties per year it has being a non bloody (can't think of a better term) war. I don't have a clue how many terrorists have died but I can assure you that it is a lot closer to 100,000 estimated. |
The Iraq Body Count says that 100,000 civilians have been killed in the Iraq war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War#Iraq_Body_Count
Various estimates here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–present)#Estimates ; Lowest is around 10,000.
I would say that the latter is very much justified. It may be more than double the casualties of 9/11 7/7, but it's over a period of nine years, and it's war rather than the slaughter of innocents. Plus, without it, there would likely have been far more terrorist attacks.
Of course, the Iraq War was about nuclear weaponry/oil, so you can't really make the comparison.
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