The real human toll

Meanwhile, every year 120,000 people die from smoking in the UK, and 1.2 million people die from car accidents internationally. In Congo, four million people have died during the latest scrabble for power. But news consumers are bored with reports about smoking and drink driving. Western politicians won't make any domestic headway banging on about some tiresome territorial conflict in Africa.
Lionel Shriver writes in today's Guardian.
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And back to your original point, how many people have we (England and the United States) murdered in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2002-2004 while supposedly fighting non-existent "terrorism?" It's deeply shameful.