In the WHOLE world?
50,000?
25,000?
10,000?
5,000?
1,000?
500?
100?
How about 27?
So says the State Department in this annual analysis of victims of terrorism around the world.
I provide these data just for context or perspective, since media coverage of terrorism is so prevalent.
Even in 2001, which saw the worst terrorist attack in our nation's history, there were less Americans killed than have been subsequently killed in the US response. In other words, our wars have killed more of us than al-Qaeda did.
And we suprassed that number in September 2006, only five years after the 9/11 attacks.
Amazing, but true.
