revel wrote:Most of the killing seems to be centered on Shiites, it seems to me this is turning into a not admitted civil war. If we had not invaded, the three sectors would not be killing each other to gain power in Iraq. That is a fact. One can agrue that not invading would have enventually caused more death in the world if Saddam Hussien would have built up his weapons or would have joined up with AQ or other terrorist groups but you can't deny that this invasion set off a chain of killing and death between Iraqis which did not previously take place.
Whether or not what is happening now qualifies as a civil war, it certainly qualifies as a mass murder of civilians. And I do agree that the USA invasion of Iraq set off a new chain of killing and death between Iraqis which
almost duplicates what previously did in fact take place.
Saddam's regime previously did the same thing at about the same as the current average daily rate. That is, Saddam's regime murdered civilians at the average daily rate of more than 35 over the 12 year period 1991 to 2003, for a total of more than 150,000.
I believe the quickest, most effective, and most moral way to terminate this current horrific carnage is to
incinerate and not incarcerate, when captured, those and their accomplices who are mass murdering civilians (i.e.,
malignancy). Also necessary is the unqualified support by a large majority of Americans for this brutal and ruthless procedure which will save a great many lives.