'The Age of Terror. War on the West.'
This was the title of a documentary on BBC News that I started to watch but could not finish. First, I do not believe the words, they are skewed terribly in the favour of a single point of view and second they are written and spoken to induce and instill fear into people. That we live in an age of Terror, false. That there is a War on the West. False again. If we do a headcount, there are more people in the 'East' who are dead due to the 'War on Terror' then in the West.
What happened on Sep 11, 2001 was horrific, but what has transpired since - the War in Afghanistan (2001-till present) and then in Iraq (2003-til present) is equally deplorable, and much worse, a wicked way to seek retribution.
Total Sep 11 attack deaths - 2,752 persons dead
Total Afgan civilian deaths, no one seems to be keeping count but Wikipedia is the only source giving a total count - 8,773 - 11,570 persons dead
Total Iraqi civilian deaths 93,096 – 101,596
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