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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: Skywatcher who wrote (42024)12/26/2001 7:39:24 AM
From: SirRealist  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
While I'm skeptical (he's an econ perfesser!) of his numbers, if 10K soldiers died and less than 4K civilians, that is not a bad ratio. Since WW1, generally more civilians than military die in conflicts.

No, I don't like civilian deaths. But considering that the Taliban purposefully chose to hide in populated areas because they believed we'd be reluctant to bomb there, his numbers reflect a surprising degree of bombing accuracy, well above what was achieved as recently as the Gulf war.... IF his numbers are close to accurate.
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