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1. The last sentence is from Mary Oliver's poem "The Summer Day.'
2. U.S. Military Impact on Planet and People Philippines (1889-1902) http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed: 220,000 (11)
WWI(1914-1918) http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed: 16 million + 21 million wounded (12)
Total allied bomb tonnage: 16,000 tons (36)
WWII(1939-1945) http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed: 70 million (13) + >100 million wounded (extrapolation of data)
Total allied bomb tonnage: 2.7 million tons, total US bombs 1.6 million tons (36)
Atomic bombs: 2, killing about 200,000 immediately and another 200,000 over time
Total Napalm: Unknown but considerable
Korea (prewar 1945-1950, Korean War 1950-1953) http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed in the pre-war insurgency: 100,000 (15, White, from Chomsky & Cumings, averaging)
http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed in the war: 2.5 million Koreans, - million Chinese, 36,000 Americans (11)
Bomb tonnage: 386,000 tons, total for all munitions 698,000 tons
Napalm: 600,000 tons, about 250,000 lb per day
Defoliant: mostly the above-mentioned napalm.
Refugees during war: 8 million (ref http://www.opednews.com/populum/#55 + unmentioned refugees in North Korea from urban bombing)
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