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To: geode00 who wrote (211530)	1/2/2007 11:56:22 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In terms of just numbers (if we can get past the fact that every death is a catastrophe to some family out there), it isn't a "big deal"- and I'd say the same thing about 9/11. But 9/11 was a one off, at least so far, even though certain people see plots everywhere, and I'm sure there are plotters out there, we do not have an escalating body count, and it's just not a significant risk thus far. Iraq war deaths, however, have an interesting rate of change, and a significant rate of change, which concerns me- and concerns me all the more because we don't need to be there, and starting the whole thing was quite clearly a mistake, and the reasons for our engagement were obviously spurious, and the public knows that, which is why support for the war has dropped off so fast. There is also the problem of the number of Iraqis killed, which is huge, and the number of refugees, also huge. refugeesinternational.org While we don't read much about the refugee camps in the countries surrounding Iraq, I have seen articles in the foreign press. It's too bad there isn't more coverage in the US, since people seem basically ignorant of the huge refugee problem that is being created in and around Iraq. It will intensify as the civil war picks up steam, and as partition becomes a bigger threat to minorities living in possible areas of partition.