A recent study published in Lancet places the total death toll resulting from the US-led invasion of Iraq at 655,000 people as of 2006. In Darfur the total deaths are estimated to be 450,000 resulting from genocide. The USA states that one of its overall purposes for being in Iraq is to liberate the people from an oppressive regime and install democracy. However, when we look at the numbers it appears that even genocide takes fewer lives from a country than liberation.
In both cases the number of lives taken is outrageously high and similarly in both cases it can be equally argued whether the ends justify the means. If the world’s nations are united in saving the people of Darfur, then where are they assembling to save the people of Iraq?
All nations have common interests in the Middle East, however the military solution has already proven fatal for more than 2.5% of the population of Iraq, 4 million Iraqi’s have been displaced (14%), 60,000 people continue to be displaced every month, and scores of others are wounded. It seems prudent at this point to consider a multi-lateral diplomatic approach to the achievement of our goals, lest we find ourselves with no one left to liberate.
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