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Originally Posted by Derwood
agreed. I just find it interesting (sad? funny?) that there was so much outrage about 3000 people dying on 9/11 but not nearly as much anger over the nearly 5000 people out government has gotten killed in these "wars"
but I digress, as I've gotten off topic
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No...no I don't think it's off topic. I see this thread as being about distractions that shield us from horrible realities. 9/11 was a horrifying sight to see as all those lives were blinked out in such a short time frame and on such a large-scale action. A war of attrition has a completely different impact. War weariness is creeping, while an attack that takes out two high-rises is in your face. Also, many view these wars as a necessary response, and still others realize the difficulty of simply calling it quits.
We go about our daily lives as the wars go on. It wasn't so on 9/11.
Distance and daily distractions are a couple of the main reasons why Iraqi lives disappear with little showing up on our radars.