A few days back I posted a blog “US: Peace Broker or War
Monger” and my conclusion was “United States is the biggest war monger”. This
morning I read one of the most popular Global Research 2017 articles, its tile
is “US has killed more than 20 million people in 37 victim nations since World
War II. This prompted me to arrive at another conclusion “The US
Citizens have hardly bothered to find out where tax payers’ money is being used”. I have taken extracts from this article to remind the US citizens to open up
their eyes and try to stop the government from spending their money on
wars.
After the catastrophic attacks of 9/1, monumental sorrow and
a feeling of desperate and understandable anger was inculcated in the American
psyche. A few people at that time attempted to promote a balanced perspective
by pointing out that the United States had also been responsible for causing the
same feelings in people in other nations, but they produced hardly a ripple.
Although, Americans understand in the wisdom of people around the world
empathizing with the suffering of one another, such a reminder of wrongs
committed by their government was soon overshadowed by an accelerated “war on
terrorism.” The efforts of US citizens must continue to develop understanding
and compassion in the world. Hopefully, this article will help in addressing
the question “How many 9/11s has the United States caused in other nations
since WWII?”
The causes of wars are complex. In some instances nations
other than the US may have been responsible for more deaths, but if the involvement
of United States appeared to have been a necessary cause of a war or conflict
it was considered responsible for the deaths in it. In other words they
probably would not have taken place if the US had not used the heavy hand of
its power. The military and economic power of the United States was crucial.
This study reveals that US military forces were directly
responsible for about 10 million to 15 million deaths during the Korean and
Vietnam Wars and the two Iraq Wars. The Korean War also includes Chinese deaths
while the Vietnam War also includes fatalities in Cambodia and Laos.
The US citizens are probably not aware of these numbers and
know even less about the proxy wars for which the United States is also
responsible. In the these wars from 9 million to 14 million people have been
killed in Afghanistan, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor,
Guatemala, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sudan.
But the victims are not just from big nations or one part of
the world. The remaining deaths were in smaller ones which constitute over half
the total number of nations. Virtually all parts of the world have been the
target of US intervention. The overall conclusion reached is that the United
States most likely has been responsible since WWII for the deaths of 20 million
to 30 million people in wars and conflicts scattered over the world.
To the families and friends of these victims it makes little
difference whether the causes were US military action, proxy military forces,
the provision of US military supplies or advisers, or other ways, such as
economic pressures applied by the US. They had to make decisions about other
things such as finding lost loved ones, whether to become refugees, and how to
survive.
The pain and anger spreads even further. Some authorities
estimate that there are as many as 10 wounded for each person killed in these
war. Their visible, continued suffering is a continuing reminder to their
fellow countrymen. It is essential that Americans learn more about this topic
so that they can begin to understand the pain that others feel. Someone once
observed that the Germans during WWII chose not to know, the US citizens must
not allow history to say this about them.
Let every reader keep this in mind that gathering the actual
count of deaths is not easy. The collection of data was undertaken with full
realization of this fact. These estimates will probably be revised later either
upward or downward, but undoubtedly the total will remain in the millions.
