D'oh.
Sorry, we'all was in Southwestern Oklahoma.
Like I said, Quartz Mountains (rising out of the flat-earth Wheat and Cotton country like an unexpected blessing); but I mis-typed the directions.
Try "Lake Altus" territory. My bad. (humph)
I don't believe that any true family man can be a pacifist. Mike Dukakis agreeing to let a thug take out Kitty might be what Kitty deserves, but husbands/fathers will kill to protect their own lives or those of their kids. That is a microcosm of Just War at the national level.
Therefore, the notion that 3000 dead is some outrageous number is belied by too many facts in America, OP. There are some 40000 killed annually on the highways, tens of thousands to various types of murder, and staggering thousands to heart disease, cancer, etc.
Where are the pickets at General Motors? Instead they get to sponsor the Super Bowl.
The Al-Qaeda Super Bowl brought to you by Bin Laden Engineering, Frito-Lay, and Coors Light.
There was all kinds of slaying going on in the bible and some of it wasn't especially principled. It was done for survival and this is about survival.
In case no one had noticed.