Use any number you like, but state clearly that it is an estimate and not a an actual count, and of course not a known fact as you indicated in your original mention of the Lancet...study, to loosely use the word.
Preemptive Nuclear War vs. Christianity
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Rufus_1611, Jun 25, 2007.
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There is a magic number that they are trying to avoid where acceptable casualties becomes excessive. It must be somewhere between 400,000 and 650,000, but we can't be told the exact number because that would embolden the terrorists.
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Regardless, you're quibbling. Let's take 50% of the +-30% and call it 227,500, that's still approaching a quarter of a million human beings and 56 times greater than the number of lives lost on 9/11 (not that 9/11 has anything to do with Iraq or Iran). What is the number of human beings that will have died, which will cause you to be offended?
Attempting to return to the original post, if we preemptively drop a nuclear warhead on the people of Iran, what is the number of dead Iranians that you will find to be acceptable and what is the threshold where you'd say that you wish they hadn't done that? -
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Since the conflict began in 1991 and has never come to an end( we were only under a cease fire) the conflict was not illegal. Saddam failed to meet the requirements of the cease fire and 17 UN resolutions gave warning to such an out come. I know you libs like to ignore laws and make empty threats so as to look like you care and are doing something but the president says what he will do and does what he says.
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What does that have to do with preemptive nuclear strikes and the Christian religion?
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What false premise, carpro? I watched the debates, I saw the candidates proclaiming their unwillingness to withdraw the preemptive nuclear strike option, that they had to keep all the cards on the table. That says to me that they would be willing to play that card.
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So to answer the original question, you aren't in favor of it, but you keep the option on the table too?
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Of course. Never tell your enemies what you will or will not do unless you mean it. Uncertainty is a powerful deterrent in it's own right.
I am in agreement with what they really said, and not what the OP said they said. -
"Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?" - Joshua, War Games -
I still say we should bomb Mecca. :laugh:
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There are an estimated 1.3 million human beings, created in the likeness and image of God, residing in the city of Mecca.
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