After seeing this, which is something I always think about and totally agree with I decided to look for some information regarding america and its wars. and the findings are pretty horrifying. so for all americans who sympathise with the ” war on terror ” and people ” fighting for your freedom ” let this sink in.
For the sake of keeping this out of the realm of the ridiculous, I’m excluding everyone that died as part of legitimate peacekeeping missions and actual Americans. This is like a really rough look at how many NON-AMERICANS we’ve killed (i.e. not on our side at the time) since the 30s via military and economic intervention, rounded generally down to the nearest thousand (things with <1000 deaths like Grenada bombings not included) or so on conservative or moderate estimates since the dropping of the bombs in Japan. Hold on, this is going to get ugly. 1940s - nuked Japan. Death toll: 145,000 to date in Nagasaki, 250,000 in Hiroshima 1947-49 - U.S. helps command extreme-right Greece party in Civil War. Death toll: about 70,000 contributed by US-backed forces 1948-54 - CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion in Philippines. Death toll: about 11,000 1950 - Independence movement crushed in Ponce, Puerto Rico Death toll: conservative historians estimated about 8,000 peasants 1950-53 - Korean War Death toll: about 1,776,000 1952 - CIA overthrows Democracy in Iran, installs Shah Death toll: about 20,000 1954 - CIA directs invasion of Guatemala after new Democracy there nationalized U.S.-occupied lands Death toll: about 140,000 missing and dead 1958 - In Lebanon, marine occupation against rebels Death toll: about 2,000 1960-75+ - Vietnam War including Cambodia and Laos Death toll: about 4,502,000 including civilians and resulting famines (conservative estimates) 1961 - Cuba’s Bay of Pigs Invasion fails Death toll: about 4,000 1963 - In Iraq, CIA organizes coup against President and agrees to back formerly exiled Saddam Death toll: about 7,000 including civilians 1964 - In Panama, troops kill protesters against US-owned canal Death toll: about 1,000 1965 - CIA assists Indonesian coup Death toll: about 900,000 1966 - Troops and bombers threaten pro-communist parties in Dominican Republic Death toll: about 3,000 1966-96 - Green berets in Guatemala against rebels, US backs pro-American forces in country until 1996 Death toll: about 200,000 1970 - Directs marine invasion of Oman Death toll: about 2,000 1973 - CIA directs coup to oust elected Marxist president in Chile Death toll: 30,000… 3,000 later disappeared under US-installed dictator 1976-92 - CIA assists South-African rebels in Angola Death toll: median estimate at 550,000 1981-90 - CIA directs Contra invasions in Nicaragua Death toll: median estimate at 30,000 1982-84 - Marines expel Lebanese rebels, aided by Israel Death toll: 40,000 1987-88 - US intervenes for Iraq against Iran Death toll: about 150,000 during time-frame, 100,000 during Desert Storm, 350,000 from resulting famine 1989 - US invades to oust CIA-installed Panamanian government gone rouge Death toll: 2,000 1992-94 - US-led occupation of Somalia during civil war Death toll: 50,000 in combat, 300,000 by starvation 2001+ - US Occupies Afghanistan Death toll: 120,000 including civilians and combatants and resulting Opium Wars 2003+ - Iraqi War Death toll: 665,000 also by starvation, displacement TOTAL: 10,431,000 And that doesn’t even include POWs, classified information, and WW2 pre-nuke!
this dosnt include either how many people including innocent children were killed in the first invasions of Afghanistan. The bombs dropped on Kosovo and more up to date death tolls on Iraq and Afghanistan.
also something many people never realise is that The United States is the only nation to ever use nuclear weapons offensively. they state that the ” atomic ” bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki anyone with a basic grasp of physics should know an Atomic bomb is a nuclear weapon. and this was a war crime. the United States did Nuke Japan. yet the United States decides what countries are allowed develop nuclear weapons or even nuclear power programmes or even have access to nuclear materials.
Not to justify nuclear weapons of any kind but you can’t help but sympathise with a country such is Iran who will most likely be invaded for wanting Nuclear weapons to defend itself when the United States the only country to use Nuclear weapons against another country, yet the United states is fighting a ” War On Terror “.
War Creates Capital.
