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Let's count. On the one hand, put every non-US citizen killed by the US. On the other hand, put every US citizen killed by all other countries and terrorists
by loup-vaillant 13y ago
Let's count.
On the one hand, put every non-US citizen killed by the US.
On the other hand, put every US citizen killed by all other countries and terrorists combined.
Guess which number is vastly bigger than the other. 5-10 thousand dead in 9/11? That's peanuts, compared to the disproportionate responses that ensued. (I'm not saying it's peanuts in an absolute sense. It's still a tragedy, of course. Any death is.)
- abduhl 13y agoYes, let's. You take care of the non-US citizen part and I'll give you a low-ball for the US citizens killed by other countries number. If we use this handy wikipedia page shown below we can see that US military casualties are at a touch over 1.3 million. Let me know when you're done being facetious and/or have an answer for your number of non-US citizens killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualti...
- loganu 13y agoThat's 1.3 million since 1775. In the last 50 years, we're around 7 thousand.
- mkaziz 13y agoIn Iraq alone >10x that number have been killed since the invasion.
- loganu 13y agoI was referring to American numbers, as sourced in the Wiki article above. 10x that number in Iraqi/ Afghani numbers? Sure, I'd buy that.
- loup-vaillant 13y agoFrom my point of view, it was clear your comment and the GP both supported my insinuation that the US has killed far more people than it has lost.