> Say what you like about colonialism, but this kind of shit never happened under the British Empire. They'd come in, kill the local armies and resistance, then they'd start building roads, hospitals, and schools and generally managing their territories fairly well.
If they are coming for good, why do they kill the resistance and the local armies? If you are going to offer free services that benefit us, why do you need armed soldiers? You Don't! If you want to make use of our resources for our benefit, so that won't really be a matter for 99% of the population, they'll be happy.
Point two: Resistance didn't exist before colonialism, it appeared after and it was a result of colonialism.
Question: British contributed in the Iraq War. What was the result? Roads, schools, hospitals? No, but hundred of thousands of deaths under the US and British army, more violence than ever and a corrupt political system.
Question: British contributed in the Iraq War. What was the result? Roads, schools, hospitals? No, but hundred of thousands of deaths under the US and British army, more violence than ever and a corrupt political system.
The result has been the only free country in the Arab world, the recent election of a secular leader, and a dramatically higher standard of living.
but hundred of thousands of deaths under the US and British army,
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/ estimates about 100,000 civilian deaths from ALL sources, including things like grudges, etc. This is vastly lower than what Saddam did, and unlike him, the Brits and Americans were trying to kill innocent people. Odd how all the people who claim to be so concerned about the deaths of innocents never set up body count websites before the war, when there were far more bodies.
_The result has been the only free country in the Arab world, the recent election of a secular leader, and a dramatically higher standard of living._
What's your definition of freedom? Please cite source of "dramatically higher standard of living". According to wolframalpha, the GDP per capita is $780 in iraq (rank: 198 in the world).
From the IBC website: "it should be noted that many deaths will probably go unreported or unrecorded by officials and media."
The Opinion Research Business (ORB) poll estimates the deaths to more than a million. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War). The IBC has got the lower estimates. I'm more confident to the ORB and even estimate more deaths.
If they are coming for good, why do they kill the resistance and the local armies? If you are going to offer free services that benefit us, why do you need armed soldiers? You Don't! If you want to make use of our resources for our benefit, so that won't really be a matter for 99% of the population, they'll be happy. Point two: Resistance didn't exist before colonialism, it appeared after and it was a result of colonialism.
Question: British contributed in the Iraq War. What was the result? Roads, schools, hospitals? No, but hundred of thousands of deaths under the US and British army, more violence than ever and a corrupt political system.