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I'm guessing the Iraqi population is less than 10% of that of the United States. And considering 122 deaths is unusually low, I'm not sure how impressive the overall situation is right now, being that it was three times higher the following month (i.e. last month).
What would it be like if the U.S. murder rate tripled from one month to the next?
But you're right. The removal makes us care less.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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