We like to think 9/11 was the event that defined the last decade, but that would not be correct. The correct answer is the South Asian Tsunami of 5 years ago.
Consider for a moment that even if you add up all the casualties from all the terrorist attacks globally since 9/11, include all deaths related to violence in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts, military and civilian, the total combined for the whole decade still falls short of the number of people killed on one day five years ago today.
When you think about square pegs, round holes, and how to spend money in influencing change, the 2000-2009 decade is a case study should we ever want to learn from our mistakes.
And people can't figure out why the amphibious ship is the most active ship in the US, or why countries globally are building more amphibious ships? When one factors in other tsunami's, earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, and other natural disasters globally, the influence of terrorism compared to the influence of mother nature on life and property is disproportionately small given the global expenditures.
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