> The American backed/sponsored slaughter of innocent men, women, and children I'm pretty sure that the innocent men, women and children who have been killed i

> The American backed/sponsored slaughter of innocent men, women, and children I'm pretty sure that the innocent men, women and children who have been killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not systematically slaughtered, and in fact I do believe that the American military made every reasonable effort to minimize civilian casualties. > across the Middle East and Africa Can you go into more detail what, exactly, you mean by that? Two countries -- Iraq and Afghanistan -- is hardly "across the Middle East," and neither of them is in Africa. > in the name of profit, power, and greed I thought our activities in the Middle East were in the name of preventing future terrorist attacks.