9/11, Was The U.S. The Only Victim?

Nearly 3,000 people were killed during 9/11 and their families have suffered enormously. And some 1st responders were among those victims and many since have died or are dying horrible deaths because of their exposure to all the toxic substances at Ground Zero. The U.S. media is telling heart rendering stories of some of the victims. But what about the other victims?

What about the million or more Iraqi men, women and children who have been killed or maimed since the U.S. invasion and occupation? Where are their stories? What about the tens of thousands of Afghan and Pakistani men, women and children who have been killed or maimed? Where are their stories? What about the way Iraqis are now forced to live, often with minimal electricity and medical care, no security, no clean water or sewage treatment and an economy far worse than the U.S.'s during the Great Depression, where are those stories?

What about the 4,474 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and the more than 30,000 who have been maimed? Where are their stories and those of their families? What about the 1,760 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan and another 10,000 who have been maimed? Where are their stories and those of their families? Or the U.S. allied soldiers killed or maimed in these wars, where are their stories and those of their families? Or the stories of the U.S. "contractors" who have been killed or maimed?

As horrible as 9/11 was, the U.S. response to it has caused incredible amounts of suffering far beyond the numbers of people directly effected by 9/11. Why doesn't the U.S. news media share those stories?

Dick
U.S. casualty numbers are from http://icasualties.org/