CarolC,

"One has to accept the premise that the US had a right to try to take Fallujah from the people you categorize as "the bad guys" in the first place before one can accept that the blood of these families is not entirely on the hands of the US government. Not everyone does accept that premise. "

Actually, the UN imposes certain obligations on an occupying power, so we were obligated to put down the insurgency by UN mandate.



Frank,

"There is no substantial number that has been verified by anyone except the proponents of the Iraq war. No one knows how many deaths have occurred because there is a virtual news blackout on what's really going on over there. The Washington Post is known for spin as much as any of the current mainstream newspapers and I challenge the data and offer that those who want to know what's really going on visit Dar Jamail's website."

The numbers in question are from the Lancet article, issue 364.