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Originally Posted by GGG
Yes, war sucks, why don't you bring up every nameless Afghan civilian killed in similar raids. There are victims innocent throughout wars on both sides. It sucks. If your point is war creates orphans and that shouldn't be forgotten I agree with you.
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Originally Posted by CampbellsTransgressions
This thread is about Omar Khadr and the Canadian government being complicit in his torture, not about whether the US military should better compensate families for lost loved ones.
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No kidding right?
Someone earlier in the thread brought up the idea of a kind of unconscious racism fueling this thread, which i dismissed out of hand... however, some recent posts have made me reconsider.
Of course its terrible that Speer's family isn't going to have a dad for the rest of their lives.
Equally bad? all the families incinerated by hell fire missile strikes that obliterated not only nuclear and extended family, but probably also their homes.
Can those posters name one child? One name? No. Only the names of Speer's kids.
Seems like empathy here is pretty one sided...
US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001? around 2400.
Afghanistan Civilians killed since 2001? over 104 000.
Let's not forget about them right? What were their names again?