Please stop calling 9/11 "the worst terrorist attack in our nation's history"

[jmowreader]

Someone on another thread referred to 9/11 as such, and while it's accurate it doesn't express the severity of that day.

According to http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/terrorism/wrjp255i.html, 9/11 is:

The deadliest terrorist strike in the United States--there are eight attacks on this list; the next-deadliest attack was Oklahoma City, which claimed 169 lives.

The deadliest terrorist strike worldwide. The next-deadliest attack on this list was a day of car-bomb terror in 1997--in two Iraqi cities. That day claimed 520 lives.

The attack producing the highest number of non-fatal injuries, at 8900. Taking second place in this category was the Tokyo Subway nerve gas attack.

Not only is it the worst terrorist attack in our nation's history, it's the worst terrorist attack the world has ever seen. And the Republicans were in charge when it happened.

[tangent90]

1. Me vurry confused

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Cannot figure out what you're saying (the link doesn't go anywhere)

[baldguy]

5. It means that not only did Bush&the GOP fuck up, they were the worst fuck ups in fuck up history

Either by accident or design; and by a wide margin.


http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/terrorism/wrjp255i.html

11 Sep 2001; WTC in NY, Pentagon in DC & a field in PA; fatalities: 2,993; injuries: 8,900

14 Aug 2007; car bombs in Al-Qataniyah and Al-Adnaniyah, Iraq; fatalities: 520; injuries: 1,500

20 Mar 1995; sarin gas in Tokyo; fatalities: 12; injuries: 5,511

19 Apr 1995; truck bombing in Oklahoma City; fatalities: 169; injuries: 675


Simply put - unless Republicans are in charge, the threat of terrorism to life, property & safety is very, very small.

[Christa]

6. The correct link

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/terrorism/wrjp255i.html

[cali]

2. uh, no, I don't think it can be characterized as the worst terrorist attack in

world history. In any case, it seems a minor point.

[tekisui]

10. Hey, cali, where you been?

:hi:

[cali]

13. hi, tekisui. been on a road trip across the country with a friend

it was wonderful. don't know when I've laughed so much. It was a super budget road trip, but it was so much fun. drove from Vermont to the NC coast and then to Arizona, dawdling some in NM. Stayed with friends in AZ and did some neat stuff.

[jmowreader]

11. Name a worse one

These things are rated in three ways: property damage, fatalities and non-fatal injuries. 9/11 is at the top of the list in all three categories.

Add that to the fact the attack turned our country into a full-blown dictatorship, and it's a no-brainer: there will NEVER be another terrorist attack like 9/11.

[HelenWheels]

3. What about Pearl Harbor? nt

[baldguy]

7. Pearl Harbor was a military attack.

Military forces attacking a military target.

[Auggie]

4. I would call BushCo the deadliest terrorist strike in U.S. history.

Over four thousand U.S. killed in Iraq (not counting native Iraqis, non-military personnel, and military personnel from other countries).

[Billy Burnett]

8. Um, the US attack on Iraq is the biggest terrorist attack. Millions have been killed and/or injured.

And the perps are free in the USA.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. Good point

Although you could put other such attacks and invasions on the list -- e.g., the German invasion of Russia during WWII -- and then the U.S. attack against Iraq wouldn't rank at the top.

Even in terms of percentage of the population, what the U.S. did to Iraq wouldn't be at the top of the list, although it would be up there.

In any case, you're certainly right that we need to see 9/11 in a wider perspective.

[jmowreader]

12. Iraq, like Pearl Harbor, was a military attack

The fact it was illegal doesn't change the fact the United States used its regularly constituted armed forces, and not irregulars like Osama did, to attack Iraq. Further, the attack was ordered by the leader of a legitimate nation.

Iraq is an Illegal War, not a terror attack.

If we're going to call the US invasion of Iraq a terrorist attack, we need to also consider the Holocaust one--and the Holocaust was arguably larger than Iraq.

[Subdivisions]

16. Yep, a terrorist act committed by oil bigwigs against an oil producer. Only,

this time the terrorists also included top government officials in their memebership. Oh, and they are also the same terrorists that orchestrated the attacks of 9/11. I still laff at the sight of the Sec Def's photo op:



Seems the 5 people already carrying the stretcher wasn't enough manpower to carry that person to an ambulance.

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. What about the smallpox infected blankets??

That was a terrorist attack, too... and our "Nation's history" goes way back, before Columbus "discovered" America...

[Subdivisions]

15. Threads that mention anything related to 9/11 are allowed only in the Dungeon

where the resident spooks can do their work. Are you trying to put them out of a job, or what?