Considering most recent studies (John Hopkins University Survey) point to hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties inflicted by the ‘coalition’ in Iraq and most grossly conservative estimates point to at least 50,000, war criminals and ‘crimes against humanity’ are defined by the emotional consensus of the easily manipulated masses. Saddam Hussein has been accused of being responsible for the killing of a number of people which does not compare to the damage caused by, and will in the future be created by, the bringers of democracy. When we look at the numbers, who really deserves to be hung on national television? Who deceived then rallied all of western civilization to a campaign that had no basis other than greed, a greed paid for in the blood of the innocent?

War criminals, and those worthy of being punished as such are defined by the victor, not any reasoned principle. In the end every executive who holds sway over something bigger than a hamlet will see a ‘crime against humanity’ in his term. Few are able to reduce two ancient countries to ruins however. Words are worthless and actions are the true language of the world.

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

– Josef Stalin

Secondly, iraqbodycount.org isn’t a realistic estimate of the dead – since each individual casualty has to be confirmed by at least two independent news sources. The news obviously isn’t going to be able to confirm every single body bag – which is why its a GROSSLY conservative number. The administration claims 30, 000 civilian casualties, which is about 21 times less than reality.

Compare the numbers of Saddam’s accused genocide to the wanton carnage caused by the liberators of democracy and its quite clear who should be hung. Freedom isn’t speeches, it’s not victory celebrations, or revision made possible by myopic memories, its not caviar dinners in the white house or pretentious grandstand blathering on national television – thats not reality. Reality is how many corpses are buried. Reality is living in a country with a destroyed infrastructure and no hospitals, food or water. Reality is having to bury your parents and then being branded a terrorist when swearing to resist those who slew them. Reality isn’t emotions and words; reality is cause and effect. Words are worthless and actions are the true language of the world.