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(47,465 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:09 AM Dec 2014

I remember Sept. 11 2001

I remember the horrors. I could have never imagine the anguish of the ones caught on the top floors, above the aircraft with literally no way out. I watched it on TV and could not begin to imagine the horrors that New Yorkers were feeling. And then the workers in the Pentagon. And I grieve for all the ones who died that day.

And yet, there were less than 4,000 people who died that day.

This number pales compared to the tens of thousands that died in Iraq. During the war, and since then, in the tribal strifes. And the terror brought by ISIL.

This century is only in its second decade. Most of us will not be around when it will come to the end. Yet, I have no doubt that the destruction of Iraq will be considered as the worst act of war in this century.

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I remember Sept. 11 2001 (Original Post) question everything Dec 2014 OP

The sectarian civil wars in the Middle East have been going on for a very, very long time. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #1

i fear you are likely wrong lapfog_1 Dec 2014 #2

re: "tens of thousands", the civilian death toll in Iraq is well over a hundred thousand Electric Monk Dec 2014 #3

"Lest we forget" or as many prefer...ignore. Thank you for posting this Purveyor Dec 2014 #4

Thank you for the link question everything Dec 2014 #5

AND iraq had NOTHING TO DO WITH 911 spanone Dec 2014 #6

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

1. The sectarian civil wars in the Middle East have been going on for a very, very long time.

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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:12 AM

Dec 2014

They will continue to go on probably for centuries. We have now committed ourselves to being at war in the Middle East indefinitely, for centuries probably. There is just too much money to be made for the ones who manufacture war. We will be at war until we the people vote out every single politician willing to keep it going. We must vote out every politician who supports perpetuating this horror.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)

2. i fear you are likely wrong

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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:16 AM

Dec 2014

the coming resource wars because of climate change will possibly be more destructive than the last centuries two world wars plus the local conflicts that killed millions combined.