The fire this time. “5

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The fire this time. “5 million dead in Vietnam. The US invasion of Panama. The US overthrow of the democratically elected government of Chile in 1973 and the consequent murders by Pinochet. Between 600,000 and 1 million dead in Cambodia from secret US carpet bombing between 1969 and 1973. US arms and support for the Indonesian invasion of East Timor – 200,000 dead, one third of the entire population. The likely death toll in New York will pale in comparison to the death toll every two months in Iraq due to US led sanctions and the deliberate destruction of their electrical grid and their water treatment and supply infrastructure. To name but a few…”