One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.
Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.
The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high.
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act.
Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.
How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers.
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.
The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.