Posted by Shes_InItForTheMoney on September 11, 2011, at 14:43:13
In reply to Re: 3+ trillion dollars and 120,000+ war dead later » Shes_InItForTheMoney, posted by floatingbridge on September 11, 2011, at 13:16:56
> > The amount who where killed includes Iraq/Afghanistan civilians, and soldier (American and Iraqi) deaths. (From Iraq Body Count (IBC) and Wiki Leaks.) The amount spent was from 2008.
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> > Jay
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> Jay, I think we all know this. A person is a person, no matter what country we are from. Mourning the catastrophe of 9/11 is as appropriate as any other major tragedy.
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> The events leading up to 9/11 and the aftermath all are horrible IMO. I don't know irl a single person ignorant of or pleased by any (frikkin') war.
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> Yours in peace,
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> fbOh yeah, absolutely! I just presented the facts, and made no commentary or judgement. The way the world changed after carries the largest implementations the world has ever seen. This is a direly important fact that, I don't believe, people know or understand. Many people don't understand the toll of deaths to innocent Iraqi civilians, and I don't mean this in disrespect, but there where 40 times the number of dead as compared to 9/11.
Jay
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