Comments by "Dennis" (@Dennis-nc3vw) on "What They Don’t Tell You About The Iraq War" video.

  1. The US didn't destroy Iraq, people like you did. According to Iraq Body Count, about 88% of civilians killed in Iraq were killed by "insurgents, militia, and terrorists." By blaming America for the atrocities of people our troops were there to kill and capture, you created a perverse incentive and a self-perpetuating snowball effect. Insurgent factions committed so much senseless violence in large part because they knew people like you would blame their Western enemies, and make their atrocities propaganda victories. How else do you explain such bizarre events as the July Soccer Bombings, which by the media's own admission seem to target no particular group and were just to "get attention"? Terrorists would blow up Iraqi civilians. Iraqis would blame America, take up arms against Americans and the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police, which of course made it more difficult for these groups to do their job. Then terrorists would blow up more people. The cycle would repeat ad infinitum. The cycle of violence only stopped during the Anbar Awakening, when the Iraqi people finally admitted who was really killing them and started fighting the likes of Al Qaeda instead of just blaming Americans for all the death and destruction.
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  2. It was people like him who were the reason so many people died in Iraq in the first place. Iraq Body Count reports about 88% of people killed in Iraq were killed by "insurgents, militia, and terrorists." By blaming America for their atrocities, every murder insurgent factions committed become their propaganda victory. How else do you explain such bizarre events as the July Soccer Bombings, which seemed to target no one in particular and were just to "get attention." Terrorists would blow up Iraqis. Iraqis would blame America, the Iraqi Army, and the Iraqi Police. These groups, who were meant to hunt and kill terrorists, now had a much more difficult job because people were shooting at them. This made it easier for the terrorists to terrorize, so they'd blow up more Iraqis. Which meant more Iraqis angry at Americans. And the cycle would repeat ad infinitum. That's why peace never came to Iraq until the Anbar Awakening, when the Iraqis finally admitted who was really killing them and turn their guns on them, rather than blaming America for all the violence like GDF is doing.
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  3. To avoid the likes of the Islamic State of Iraq (pregenitors to ISIS) and the Mahdi Army from taking over the country? Even the insurgents themselves eventually realized the legitimacy of your cause, that's why so many of them switched sides during the Anbar Awakening.
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  4. The US didn't destroy Iraq, people like you did. According to Iraq Body Count, about 88% of civilians killed in Iraq were killed by "insurgents, militia, and terrorists." By blaming America for the atrocities of people our troops were there to kill and capture, you created a perverse incentive and a self-perpetuating snowball effect. Insurgent factions committed so much senseless violence in large part because they knew people like you would blame their Western enemies, and make their atrocities propaganda victories. How else do you explain such bizarre events as the July Soccer Bombings, which by the media's own admission seem to target no particular group and were just to "get attention"? Terrorists would blow up Iraqi civilians. Iraqis would blame America, take up arms against Americans and the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police, which of course made it more difficult for these groups to do their job. Then terrorists would blow up more people. The cycle would repeat ad infinitum. The cycle of violence only stopped during the Anbar Awakening, when the Iraqi people finally admitted who was really killing them and started fighting the likes of Al Qaeda instead of just blaming Americans for all the death and destruction.
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