it was a bad, wrong, evil thing that happened when the US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, but it was not a genocide. Same with how Obama handled drone strikes, well, everywhere in the region. I did not have the context that you unintentionally referenced the wrong events and it was the simplest point to address. I apologize for leveraging that accusation
I think it’s weird you’re downplaying these other genocides to defend taking a stronger position on Gaza
The Lancet estimates 2,5% of the Iraq population killed because of the US invasion between 2003-2006. They’re nearing 1,5% in the Gaza strip (but it’s slowing down). So I would think it’s weird to say it’s normal people are protesting the Gaza one so much while not really caring about the Iraq one, back in the day.
(Sorry I hope I’m somewhat exagerating but I also hope you see my point)
What you’re hoping nobody looks up is that the Lancet decided most deaths during that period were attributable to the invasion. Even gang and tribal violence. In the breakdowns they only say ~180,000 deaths were due to coalition actions. Which is in line with most other studies.
So that’s about 4,600 deaths a month. Altogether 0.6 percent of the population. Per month? 0.017%
Now let’s do Gaza. We hit 30,000 deaths in how many months? 5? Hell let’s give them 6. That’s 5,000 people a month in a county a tenth of Iraq’s size. Literally 2.3 million people. 1.3 percent of the population, double the coalition numbers from Iraq.
And that’s before the hospitals were too destroyed to keep counting deaths. Before we’ve tallied the death toll of Israel’s man made famine. Before we’ve dug the bodies out from under the rubble.
Don’t try to whataboutism this with bullshit numbers. It’s not a good argument even when the US actually did something. But trying to make it up too? You deserve to be laughed out of here.
Why would you want to include every single death in Gaza and then coldly say 450.000 excess deaths (read that number again) in Iraq ‘don’t really count’?
Because the coalition didn’t encourage the civil war in Iraq and they pumped as much aid into Iraq as they could by air, land, and sea.
Israel is doing the exact opposite. They want people to fight Hamas. They are restricting aid. They are preventing civilians from leaving the combat area.
Everyone wants to forget that in 2004 the Sunnis, Shia, and Kurds fought mercilessly over territory. It’s why their constitution is set up to have a leader from each faction.
it was a bad, wrong, evil thing that happened when the US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, but it was not a genocide. Same with how Obama handled drone strikes, well, everywhere in the region. I did not have the context that you unintentionally referenced the wrong events and it was the simplest point to address. I apologize for leveraging that accusation
I think it’s weird you’re downplaying these other genocides to defend taking a stronger position on Gaza
The Lancet estimates 2,5% of the Iraq population killed because of the US invasion between 2003-2006. They’re nearing 1,5% in the Gaza strip (but it’s slowing down). So I would think it’s weird to say it’s normal people are protesting the Gaza one so much while not really caring about the Iraq one, back in the day.
(Sorry I hope I’m somewhat exagerating but I also hope you see my point)
What you’re hoping nobody looks up is that the Lancet decided most deaths during that period were attributable to the invasion. Even gang and tribal violence. In the breakdowns they only say ~180,000 deaths were due to coalition actions. Which is in line with most other studies.
So that’s about 4,600 deaths a month. Altogether 0.6 percent of the population. Per month? 0.017%
Now let’s do Gaza. We hit 30,000 deaths in how many months? 5? Hell let’s give them 6. That’s 5,000 people a month in a county a tenth of Iraq’s size. Literally 2.3 million people. 1.3 percent of the population, double the coalition numbers from Iraq.
And that’s before the hospitals were too destroyed to keep counting deaths. Before we’ve tallied the death toll of Israel’s man made famine. Before we’ve dug the bodies out from under the rubble.
Don’t try to whataboutism this with bullshit numbers. It’s not a good argument even when the US actually did something. But trying to make it up too? You deserve to be laughed out of here.
So, if I look at your whataboutism argument
Why would you want to include every single death in Gaza and then coldly say 450.000 excess deaths (read that number again) in Iraq ‘don’t really count’?
Because the coalition didn’t encourage the civil war in Iraq and they pumped as much aid into Iraq as they could by air, land, and sea.
Israel is doing the exact opposite. They want people to fight Hamas. They are restricting aid. They are preventing civilians from leaving the combat area.
Everyone wants to forget that in 2004 the Sunnis, Shia, and Kurds fought mercilessly over territory. It’s why their constitution is set up to have a leader from each faction.