3000 people died on 9/11/01 in America's busiest city. I heard a country song about it yesterday in honor of Memorial Day.
3000 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Extreme Makeover Home Edition just built a new church and pastor's home there last week.
4000 US troops have died in Iraq since the war's inception. The US spends more than the rest of the world combined on its military spending. It is arguably the most emphasized plank in the presidential campaign platform.
The death toll in China reached 60,000 today from the earthquake. Nearly 100,000 died after the Myanmar cyclone. 
We remember our nation's fallen in all its wars this weekend. We will not remember the date of the earthquake or the cyclone on Memorial Day 5 years from now. Those people are farther away. We feel for them, enough to utter how tragic it is that they've died while watching the evening news. Sure, people are people, but that's China.
We remember our nation's fallen in all its wars this weekend. We will not remember the date of the earthquake or the cyclone on Memorial Day 5 years from now. Those people are farther away. We feel for them, enough to utter how tragic it is that they've died while watching the evening news. Sure, people are people, but that's China.
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