• artangels [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Estimated 37 million displaced from the war on terror.

    Estimated 1 million detained uyghurs

    Obviously the 1m stat is an exaggeration to say the least but even if you take it at face value it’s lopsided.

    Edit: why is my post purple?

    • CoralMarks [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Researcher Nicolas J S Davies put together a three-part investigation for Consortium News in 2018 to find out how many people had been killed in America’s post-9/11 wars. Part one covers Iraq, part two covers Afghanistan and Pakistan, and part three covers Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. At the end of the series, Davies writes the following:
      “Altogether, in the three parts of this report, I have estimated that America’s post-9/11 wars have killed about 6 million people. Maybe the true number is only 5 million. Or maybe it is 7 million. But I am quite certain that it is several millions.”

      • artangels [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        And that probably doesn’t even count the dead in Iraq due to sanctions in the 90s. Death to America.