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There were posts directly referencing 9/11 previously in this thread. And the reason drones operate, and the reason there is any direct US war effort in that part of the world, is 9/11. So I'm making the comparison for that reason.I always think it’s a little disingenuous to only tally up deaths due to jihadist terror that took place in the US when comparing body counts. It also smacks of the whole “brown lives don’t matter” accusation so often aimed at the west.
Finally, given that his organisation was supposed to be in bed with the current Afghan govt, I don't know how one applies the metrics here - it's not like they were likely to start suicide-bombing the country they control...