04-17-2017, 10:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2017, 11:38 PM by Eric the Green.)
The difference is that Lincoln did not start a war by killing non-violent protesters in the tens of thousands who were citizens of his own country. He killed armed soldiers in a war that he and his government declared after the South seceded and then fired on his military base. And Assad has continued to bomb civilian hospitals, schools and houses, which Lincoln never did.
At least 620,000 soldiers died in the American civil war on both sides. This amounted to 2 percent of the USA/CSA population at the time. More than half of these died of wounds and disease off the battlefield.
http://www.civilwar.org/education/civil-...lties.html
Assad's killing has reached about 450,000, consisting of both civilians and insurgents as well as pro-government soldiers. In 2011, the Syrian population was estimated at roughly 23 million permanent inhabitants. That's also about 2% of the population killed. Of this 23 million, half a million have been killed, 5 million escaped Syria (with some dying on the journey), and 6.5 million are displaced within Syria. That's over half the population.
from http://freebeacon.com/national-security/...civil-war/
JERUSALEM—More than half of Syria’s population has been swept up by the country’s civil war in the past five years—either killed, wounded or displaced, according to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research.
Some 400,000 Syrians, soldiers and civilians, have been killed as a direct result of military action, the report said, and another 70,000 died as a result of poor health care in the ravaged country, shortage of medicine and food and lack of access to clean water. In addition, 1.9 million persons have been wounded. Together, these casualties make up 11.5 percent of Syria’s pre-war population of some 22 million.
At least 620,000 soldiers died in the American civil war on both sides. This amounted to 2 percent of the USA/CSA population at the time. More than half of these died of wounds and disease off the battlefield.
http://www.civilwar.org/education/civil-...lties.html
Assad's killing has reached about 450,000, consisting of both civilians and insurgents as well as pro-government soldiers. In 2011, the Syrian population was estimated at roughly 23 million permanent inhabitants. That's also about 2% of the population killed. Of this 23 million, half a million have been killed, 5 million escaped Syria (with some dying on the journey), and 6.5 million are displaced within Syria. That's over half the population.
from http://freebeacon.com/national-security/...civil-war/
JERUSALEM—More than half of Syria’s population has been swept up by the country’s civil war in the past five years—either killed, wounded or displaced, according to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research.
Some 400,000 Syrians, soldiers and civilians, have been killed as a direct result of military action, the report said, and another 70,000 died as a result of poor health care in the ravaged country, shortage of medicine and food and lack of access to clean water. In addition, 1.9 million persons have been wounded. Together, these casualties make up 11.5 percent of Syria’s pre-war population of some 22 million.