In memoriam

A wet morning but an enjoyable run.

This will be my last post until next week, so there is really only one topic - 9/11. 

Without making judgements, two facts seem to stand out.

On 11 September 2001, 2,996 people were killed as a result of what was undoubtedly an act of war – the first on US territory for a long time, and consequentially very shocking and very well documented.

As a result of the less well documented "war on terror" which followed, primarily at the instigation of the US & UK,  estimates range between 73,530 & 1,173,600 (that's an uncertainty factor, or apathy factor, of 15) as the number of people so far killed in Iraq & Afghanistan (ref).