I wonder how many children have been killed in the endless wars in Iraq & Afghanistan?

[Philosoraptor]

I tried researching this subject on the internet search engines, and found several sources, I don't know if they are legitimate sites or not, but some estimates are 20,000 children.

I know war is war and kindergarten is kindergarten, but let's not forget our gun culture, here on our own soil, or in these obscene, endless wars.

Edited.

[MightyMopar]

1. More black propaganda

[Robb]

2. I'll spare DUers having to click on that racist site:

Of the 45,779 violent deaths for which IBC was able to obtain age data, 3,911 (8.54%) were children under age 18. Of the 4,040 civilian victims killed by the US-led coalition forces for whom age data was available, 1,201 (29%) were children.

Then I'll send you here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022005688

[Larry Ogg]

3. Conscience can be, and often is, selective...

Not that many people are willing to notice, but America is still the Worlds number one exporter of despair, death, and destruction.

Unfortunately, history will define us in many unflattering ways, such as, we are an ideologically divided right wing authoritarian culture, i.e. a mass of blind to self hypocrites, drowning in double standards, and the blood of innocence.

Collectively, we are quick to weep for our own, but even quicker to look the other way when our favorite politicians (of whom we are not to question under the penalty of censor, and disdain) prop up and support blood thirsty tyrants, while financing the slaughter of innocent people, including children, living in other Countries.

Like I said, “Not that many people are willing to notice".

[Philosoraptor]

4. Now is not the time to discuss ending the wars....etc....

I'm just flat out amazed that no one talks about the two wars anymore. We tune it out and the latest school shooting drowns it out, but really, no one wants to talk about it.

[Larry Ogg]

7. The more I learn about human character…

The less amazed I am about human behavior, and the less hope I have for the human race.

[Skidmore]

5. You know, it's all part of the same thing.

And this cowboy gunslinger Wild West mentality was put in place following 9/11. Let's face it. This nation was traumatized by that event and allowed an amoral man and his sidekick and the party they headed to establish a framework in law that didn't exist before. It became permissible to subvert morality and ethics and use a big hammer of war to solve all international problems. Domestically, distrust and fear were fomented to the extent that some homes have become armed fortresses. There was money to be had by all willing to step in and fill the void created by fear and mistrust. And as that money was sucked up by greedy people, one by one our public institutions have been systematically dismantled. We are a disorganized people who must work our way back to the point we have a solid set of moral principles to operate from--and I'm not talking religious clap trap or family values in the sense that the right wing has marketed it for the past 30 years.

[OneGrassRoot]

8. ^^ This ^^ Thanks, Skidmore. n/t

[raouldukelives]

6. And how many more will be? Kids born after 9/11. Growing up and dying in a hell of our creation. nt

[Hydra]

9. I bet the number is much higher than 20,000

But the reason for it is easy: Those aren't "People." They're non-people, and their deaths don't matter.

But our blood is sacred...1 death of ours is worth a million of theirs.