re: #256 reine.de.tout

Yes, but the “those guys are worse” argument is weak sauce.
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Yes, 15,000 more dead than previously reported is awful, and very very sad, and we all it were not so.

400,000 in mass graves by the Saddam regime - just that much worse, and how many MORE than 15,000 would be dead now?

We were talking about the Balkans and Russians, and you derailed the thread by holding up Saddam’s murderous regime, pretending that US government corruption is not as bad as 400,000 dead under Saddam.

It’s weak sauce. It’s deflection. You can’t say “but he’s worse” to deflect criticism of your own government. It’s the same pathetic arguments that liberals use, and you rightfully call them out for, and here you are using it yourself.