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What it would look like if the Syria war were happening in America
Vox ^ | June 27, 2014 | Zack Beauchamp

Posted on 06/27/2014 3:38:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The entire city of Syracuse killed. The entire population of New York City displaced. That's what it would be like if Syria's war was happening in the United States, according to non-profit group If We Were Syrian.

In attempt to hammer home the horrific human cost of the Syrian civil war, If We Were Syrian calculated what it would be like if 160,000 people were killed and 9.3 million people evicted from their homes in the United States and the other six G7 countries. The results are horrifying:

If you wanted to make it proportional to the size of America's population, the figure would be even more staggering. Syria had a pre-war population of roughly 22 million; the equivalent to 160,000 dead Syrians percentage-wise would be 2.3 million dead Americans. That's about twice the number of Americans who died in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam combined.

There's no end in sight in Syria. Meanwhile, the conflict in Iraq is merging with the war in Syria, as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) wages war on both nations' governments.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Military/Veterans; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: civilwar; iraq; isil; isis; islam; jihad; syria; war
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1 posted on 06/27/2014 3:38:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They better not bring that foolishness into Texas.


2 posted on 06/27/2014 3:39:04 PM PDT by humblegunner
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It’d look more like the Battle of Thermopylae than Syria. [chuckle]


3 posted on 06/27/2014 3:41:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If it was Syracuse and NYC it would be a good start. (Just kidding)


4 posted on 06/27/2014 3:43:28 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (We need to fundamentally transform RATs lives for their lies.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn’t Chicago having a civil war?


5 posted on 06/27/2014 3:44:08 PM PDT by Dallas59
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Ssshhhhh!


6 posted on 06/27/2014 3:44:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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If We Were Syrian

But we're not. People used to come here to get away from the BS of other countries and their government. Things are becoming less distinct with the globalist movement.

7 posted on 06/27/2014 3:46:40 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I listened to interviews from a Christian Doctor and a Christian Bishop from Syria on the radio a few weeks ago, and they both pleaded with U.S. not to help the rebels. They said not all parts of the world thrives in Western democracy, and that under other forms of government ( dictatorship I suppose), at least the Christians and Jews were secure.


8 posted on 06/27/2014 3:47:31 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Syria is not America...

And Syria is not an American territory...

We do not have to do better at anything in Syria.

Let them solve it themselves.


9 posted on 06/27/2014 3:47:36 PM PDT by EBH (And the head wound was healed, and Gog became man.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh and who are the warmongers of this ad?


10 posted on 06/27/2014 3:48:59 PM PDT by EBH (And the head wound was healed, and Gog became man.)
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Obama wants to help the “Syrian rebels” aka ISIS. If you control both sides in a war, you always win.


11 posted on 06/27/2014 3:49:55 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: EBH

Yep....again let the them kill each other. Protect Israel.


12 posted on 06/27/2014 3:50:23 PM PDT by Dallas59
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I think what we should do is provide even more training and more money to the rebels fighting in Syria. And some of it will spill over to attacking our embassy in Baghdad. All to promote a grand muslim rule, um, I mean - to spread freedom throughout the middle east.


13 posted on 06/27/2014 3:50:58 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: Dallas59

I think you’ve found the answer. It would look like Chicago! lol


14 posted on 06/27/2014 3:54:04 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, I’m sure the Syrians would send us some help.


15 posted on 06/27/2014 3:54:21 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We are seeing the fulfillment of prophecy - The burden of Damascus in Isaiah 17


16 posted on 06/27/2014 3:59:07 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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Let the EU deal with it. No war for oil Blah Blah political drama.


17 posted on 06/27/2014 4:01:15 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Chi-Congo when 0bozo’s Civilian Defense Force cuts loose.


18 posted on 06/27/2014 4:02:42 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If it starts in Washington DC while the houses are in session, I’m fine with that.


19 posted on 06/27/2014 4:03:25 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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PS - bet 0bozo’s CDF would be fighting amongst themselves to get the better weapons.


20 posted on 06/27/2014 4:03:36 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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