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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

America tried bombing a million innocent civilians from the comfort of their lazy ass Texas seat too. Remind me whether they won that war. Surely they didn't leave a giant power vacuum and created many more resistance fighters.

[-] Apollo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Majority of deaths in iraq were during the civil war and the insurgency that followed, the 1 million figure that gets banded about with little evidence is in no way "civillians killed by NATO".

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

America purposely targeted civilian infrastructure at the start of their attack to cripple and kill the population and ruin their economy. They did not target military goals.

The 1 million figure is widely accepted.

[-] Apollo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't disagree, but given that the majority of the deaths happened uears later I think its niave to suggest that the USA killed 1 million iraqis.

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