Never mind cancer and AIDS, isn't U.S foreign policy responsible for most of the deaths in the world today?

Question

Note the amount of *innocent* deaths in Iraq, Vietnam, Iran, Lebanon (Israel is basically America's little bro), to name a few. America has removed all dictators only to place itself as the sole dictator of the world.

Also if the U.S truly claims to be looking after everyone, then surely they must take responsibility for ignoring genocides in Rwanda and Sudan. Maybe its because there is no oil in these countries........hmmm......

Answer 1

Lets see....
There's the contras in Nicaragua, The US's support of the brutal Zionist regime of Israel, Brutal US backed dictators all over the world, Vietnam, US backed sanctions which cause children to starve to death, the brutal CIA overthrow of Mohammad Mosadeq, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. etc., etc.....

HELL YES!!
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Answer 2

"From a total of 58 million deaths worldwide in 2005, cancer accounts for 7.6 million (or 13%) of all deaths."

"AIDS Deaths in 2006: 2.9 million (2.5-3.5)"

"Civilian deaths in Iraq from 2003 through July 2006: 392,979 to 942,636"


That'd be a No.
Apalling, but still a no.


Additional: I inititially couldn't find war-deaths on the WHO site, because I didn't know the WHOism for War - turns out it's "collective violence," which includes Wars, Terrorism, State-perpetrated violence, and organized crime.

In 2000, the WHO says, collective violence claimed 300,000 lives.

That's pre-9/11, and thus prior, I assume to the horried US foreign policy you're refering to (it would, in fact, include any horrid Clinton-era foreign policies). Now, if I could just find a figure for a more recent year, the difference could be attributable to America's current horride foreign policy. Unless that figure is 10.8 million, though, Cancer & AIDS still win.

How frustrating, that WHO report with the violence figures was a one-time special report.

However, totalling up all the deaths attributed to the global war on terror (taking all the high estimates) I get 1.1 million (and it's been going over 5 years), even laying all of that at the feet of 'US policy' that's still less than half the toll of AIDS in a single year, let alone Cancer.

Answer 3

Interesting question...and hard to give a statistically correct answer, since I doubt any studies have been done along that line, and if so who funded them. But if you count our weapons sales world wide and support for oppressive governments that maybe the case. But all the knee jerk reactions will be to shout down the question.

Answer 4

No,radical Islam. All over the globe,including the genocide in the Sudan.

Answer 5

How can we never mind the things that are truly reponsible for the most deaths in the world. Or how about influenza? Malaria? Malnutrition?

Answer 6

That's so foolish it really doesn't deserve a reply. But, if it wasn't for US foreign policy, most of the world, if not all, would today be living in some form of a dictatorship.

Answer 7

Yeah your right. We freed Europe during WW 2. We have fed most of the world for the last 50 years. I guess we just bad

Answer 8

And don't forget MOTHER NATURE !!!!!!!!!
Floods, Famine, Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanos, Lions. Tigers, Bears. Fires, cars, alcohol, cigarettes, jealous husbands, wacko college students, wacko high school students, radical muslims, air pollution, water pollution.
I can go on and on, but America haters don't deserve to be enlightened anylonger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

Always blaming America huh?
Typical...

Sad thing is....you will always be like this. In fact it will take you about 30 years to figure out that your own philosophy is flawed.

Just think...you will have wasted 30 years of your life just to figure out you were wrong.

Answer 10

islamo-fascism is responsible for MOST of the deaths in the world TODAY. look around and everywhere inthe world where we have a conflict you will find muslims! what does that tell you you fricken retarded america hating &%$#!!!