You often find a similar refrain in US media reporting of the cost of two decades of the so-called ‘War on Terror.’ The trope goes something like this: “more than 7,000 US service people have died in wars since 9/11,” an article or news report will say. In the next line it will usually, though not always, try to reflect the civilian toll – but almost exclusively in generalities. Tens, or even hundreds, of thousands.
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist atrocities, and the subsequent launch of the War on Terror, Airwars has been seeking the answer to one important question – how many civilians have US strikes likely killed in the ‘Forever Wars’?
We found that the US has declared at least 91,340 strikes across seven major conflict zones.
Our research has concluded that at least 22,679, and potentially as many as 48,308 civilians, have been likely killed by US strikes.
The gap between these two figures reflects the many unknowns when it comes to civilian harm in war. Belligerents rarely track the effects of their own actions – and even then do so poorly. It is left to local communities, civil society and international agencies to count the costs. Multiple sources can however suggest different numbers of fatalities, meaning that monitoring organisations like Airwars will record both minimum and maximum estimates.
Up to 48k killed so the true number is probably around 30-40k civilians killed!
https://airwars.org/news-and-invest...ivilians-likely-killed-by-us-in-forever-wars/
Up to 48k killed so the true number is probably around 30-40k civilians killed!
"But but we're the good guys!!! But but they killed 2,977 Americans on 9/11!!!"
I know people are gonna say that the airstrikes probably saved more lives than having troops go in or some shit like that....or they are gonna say it's the "terrorist/Insurgents" fault for being in the city next to people's houses.
Look perhaps that's the case, idk, can anybody justify this?
One thing is for sure, this crap surely created a lot of resentment/hate for America.