Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad

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76. I'm not the one who tied the two together

Someone else did that, and I replied.

I mentioned the US has targeted civilians many times. People treat this as a modern Bush phenomenon, yet it was considered normal during the tenures of Democratic demigods such as FDR, JFK and Truman. The fact is that in the last few decades the US has made extensive efforts to reverse this, to prevent civilian casualties.

As far as sanctions, talk to the UN, since they were UN sanctions. Their corrupt programs allowed money to go to Saddam's personal coffers to support his regime, leaving little for the people.

There is a very distinct difference between civilians who die as "collateral damage" in a war and the direct, purposeful targeting of civilians. The former is inevitable, especially with the Arab habit of mixing troops and weapons with civilian populations in order to increase civilian casualties. We try hard to reduce it. The latter we never do anymore, although both Iran and Iraq are very guilty of it.