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If we're going to talk about orders of magnitude, nothing remotely compares to killed civilians in the middle east. But I'm not going to advocate removing only

If we're going to talk about orders of magnitude, nothing remotely compares to killed civilians in the middle east. But I'm not going to advocate removing only the party responsible for that event, while preserving the other. We're much better off if they can keep each other in check.

adventured 6y ago
> nothing remotely compares to killed civilians in the middle east The US didn't kill millions of civilians in the Middle East as you've been attempting to claim. It did attempt to prevent the Iraq civil war however, an inevitable result of the fall of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. I'm curious if your premise is that Saddam, or his family, was going to rule as a dictator forever - denying all human rights to the Iraqi people - so as to prevent that civil war from ever happening. And if you really want to talk orders of magnitude: Mao genocided 45 million people in just four years from 1958 to 1962. Washington Post: "Remembering the biggest mass murder in the history of the world" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/08/03/giving-historys-greatest-mass-murderer-his-due/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201... https://archive.is/50HBS https://archive.is/50HBS
- DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
  > the fall of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Brought about by an unprovoked invasion, in violation of international law. > Mao genocided 45 million people in just four years from 1958 to 1962. Mao seriously mismanaged the economy, leading to famine. Life expectancy also increased from 40 years at the time of the revolution to 60 years at the time of his death. A lot of Chinese people have mixed feelings about him.