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In reply to the discussion: I Am Done... so Done [View all]shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)Thank you for your post. It's disheartening that while some tragedies elicit our compassion and sympathy, for a vast majority we just shrug our shoulders; if even that. That the terrorists are responsible for their despicable acts should be clear. That we as a nation have brought about so much of this suffering seems lost on some.
An analysis by Iraq Body Count and co-authors published in 2011 concluded that at least 12,284 civilians were killed in at least 1,003 suicide bombings in Iraq between 2003 and 2010. The study reveals that suicide bombings kill 60 times as many civilians as soldiers. And it has gone on for five more years and yet . . . Not once did I ever hear: "We are all Iraqis today". Que WTF? These are quite conservative numbers.
That's about 75 Oklahoma bombings on a death toll basis over an 8 year period.
When will we all be Syrians? or Kurds? or Nigerian? or . . .