"Iraqi civilian lives are not as important as U.S. lives"

"the cost of doing business..."

"All levels of command tended to view civilian casualties, even in significant numbers, as routine and as the natural and intended result of insurgent tactics," Bargewell wrote [Maj. Gen. Eldon A. Bargewell's 104-page report on Haditha]. He condemned that approach because it could desensitize Marines to the welfare of noncombatants. "Statements made by the chain of command during interviews for this investigation, taken as a whole, suggest that Iraqi civilian lives are not as important as U.S. lives, their deaths are just the cost of doing business, and that the Marines need to get 'the job done' no matter what it takes."

and we wonder why they hate us...

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