I said it was a thankless task...
Irrelevant to THE ARGUMENT YOU MADE,* which is trying to make equivalent deaths from random causes to deaths from deliberate attack by foreign powers. Not irrelevant in an existential sense. For God's sake, try to pay attention.
And aren't you sounding a little odd, condemning Ashcroft for something he MIGHT someday do, just because he has the technical ability? You seem to give Saddam more slack than that.
*I was going to add something along the lines of "you incredible boob!" but I try to avoid that sort of thing as unworthy of high-toned debate.