Stop & think: The # of dead in Iraq would fill four 747's to capacity

[BigBearJohn]

To some people, over 1600 dead is just a number.
With all the killing in this world, we sometimes become
numb to the horror (who could blame you?). Yet,
it is sad to realize:

We lost 4 planeloads of people on 9/11
And now our own government has sent 4 planeloads
of our precious young children to their deaths.

30 planeloads who were maimed and injured.

[DFLer4edu]

1. Needs better phrasing, but puts things in perspective

The problem is it makes a link between Irak and 9/11

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. How many 747s would be filled by the 100,000 Iraqi dead? 250....

...and that's also something that should be considered when talking about the human cost of this illegal invasion and occupation.

And what of the US and Afghan dead in what has become the "Forgotten War"? Is a good estimate 200 US dead and 60,000 Afghans?

[Vladimir]

4. Ah I see someone beat me to the punch

well done for reminding everyone of the Afgan conflict MLD. We have forgotten because, as with so much else, its convinient to forget what is done in our names.

[acmejack]

5. And that isn't counting the ones whose lives will never again be the same

How many shattered bodies, homes, families and fortunes?

[MisterP]

6. don't forget that Lancet said that that doesn't include Fallujah,

which would double the number.
And that was all civilians, not just those defending against aggressive invaders, the "militants" and insurgents, and the 12-year-olds we likely marked as fair game 'coz the Iraqi Army gave them a rifle and told them to rearguard this bridge or that bank.

[Vladimir]

3. Dead Americans you mean

We will probably never really know how many hundreds of 747 the dead Iraqis would fill, since we don't do those kinds of bodycounts.

[BigBearJohn]

7. absolutely Americans. But you get the point.