"Rather than teasing apart who, what, or when is to blame, this report shows that the post-9/11 wars are implicated in many kinds of deaths, making clear that the impacts of war's ongoing violence are so vast and complex that they are unquantifiable."

Did this writer or anyone in this thread actually read the paper?

[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

So you’re telling me the military that actually furthered climate change due to its wars aren’t the main cause of death and suffering after leading (and currently leading) the “war on terror” on a bunch of irrelevant countries and spreading terrorism and extremism?

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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

🎼 'Cause I'm proud to be an American 🎵🎶🇺🇲🦅

[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Look I'm not one to say American invasion was right in any way, but this is a bit of a misleading in title. Most sources in the article reference indirect deaths. If we quantified everything in indirect deaths, death tolls across the board would be inflated in the same proportion. I think it important to keep in mind the U.S. wasn't fuckin digging mass graves over there. The stated number would mean we would need to kill around 600 people a day for 20+ years. No amount of media corruption in the world could coverup that many deaths. I've known and do know people who were natives that served as translators during the war, that's not how they tell it.

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