"The Innocent Become the Dead"

Innocent Civilians Killed and Wounded

http://costsofwar.org/article/civilians-killed-and-wounded

As we all know, the horrific violence going on in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan have not only caused damage to the country and the economy, but more importantly the people of these countries. At bare minimum, at least 174,000 innocent civilians have been determined to have been killed due to the war as of April 2014 (From Article). The actual numbers are suspected to be extremely higher than this figure. The war in Afghanistan has been going on for a decade now and the recorded amount of deaths is a sum 50,000 people. When it comes to Iraq over 70% of those killed in the war were innocent people. The people are not safe anywhere, even in their own homes. Civilians are also killed due to damaged buildings collapsing in the streets. They are either killed by their military or the US, it seems like they are not safe anywhere that they go.

The fact that this article was about innocent civilians being killed in these countries where either the government is corrupt or the country is at war, it was relatively easy to connect to (Text to self). It seems like almost every day we can see on the news that there was a bombing on a city that killed many innocent civilians whether it was in Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan. Seeing this makes me wonder what would happen Canada every had a civil war or if I lived in these countries where this is happening. The people live in fear of being caught in a shooting or stepping on a land mine or worrying there is a bomb in a building. I think it’s only a matter of time before other countries will start stepping in because Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan cannot continue like this.