POST MODERN DEATH IN AMERICA

Here are some scary numbers for American deaths in 2017.

• Heart disease: 647,457
• Cancer: 599,108
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383
• Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404
• Diabetes: 83,564
• Influenza and pneumonia: 55,672
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,633
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173

n 2017, among 70,237 drug overdose deaths, 47,600 (67.8%) involved opioids, with increases across age groups, racial/ethnic groups, county urbanization levels, and in multiple states.

Traffic deaths 2017 over 40,000, included in accidents above.

Approximately 5000 murders. 


Those are impressive numbers and I kept to 2017 because the CDC numbers are only officially up to that year.

My point being that the Islamist extremists such as ISIS, Al Qaida, Taliban, Al Shabob  and other of that ilk are devoted to the destruction of the Great Satan.  That is you and me, boys and girls, in case you were not paying attention.  These people spend untold amounts of money making bombs and plotting how best to bring the United States to it's knees.  Well, if they would only be a little patient, I am pretty sure we will get there at the rate we are going.  

From what little I know, it seems that the diplomatic efforts in regards to the middle east has failed to deal with a fairly obvious way to smooth the way for much of our bumbling in the region.  

It is apparently customary to offer recompense for death or injury by the offender in that region.  The USA has never opted for that method (Er that I know of...) because it is not a usual custom of Americans to pay other than property damage perhaps and usually after threat or actual law suit, local, national or international, 

The idea of paying wergild has been around since the dark ages.  The Saxon's had a system of payment for a serf (barrel of wine maybe a pig) or death of a noble (much actual moola).  This was also a part of War settlements.  We have called it other things in modern times.

Couple suggestions:  

1.  Some one in the Government could look into the wergild system within the Arab world.  See if any of that would apply.  

2.  Perhaps restriction of recruiting/hate sites on the internet.  Pretty sure a lot of them are being monitored but shouldn't there be a little bit more degredation of signal and interference or something? Lots of eye strain possibilities there.  Pretty sure some bright young coder could write a program to do that sort of thing.

3.  Some one invent a personal force field that repels bullets.  Pretty sure people truly bent on murder would find a work around. Sadly enough.