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The number 6000 was an estimate based entirely on speculation by the news channels. The problem was that it stuck. The estimate based on casualty lists and those still missing is closer to 3000. Once again however that is still an estimate. The funny thing I find (although comedy is probably not all that applicable) is that Guiliani's estimates change practically everyday.
Also with your point about war not being about caring for the enemy. Life should be about caring for other people. Whether or not we are at "war" with someone doesn't mean we have the right to not care about their life. We still have to justify what we do - and I find the nuclear weapons use unjustifiable. In the same way that I find this war on Afghanistan and the Taliban unjustifiable.
Finally - I didn't say that Osama was not responsible for his actions. I just said that so are we. At this stage of the day we have to start realising that maybe things need to change. He is not the only person pissed off out there and just killing him and his band of merry men will not stop world terrorism. The war on terrorism needs to have a moral victory before it can have a physical one.
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