Better Run Through the Jungle

Laughing so much last night with old friends.  I had forgotten how much we laughed all the time, even through the tears.  Today, walking down old streets of time - remembering.  Again.  Remembering those who have disappeared from our lives - war, drugs, gangs, depression, failing body, accident, and then those who just vanished, (like I did once).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbI0cMyyw_M

I went looking for some information about the wars that have occurred during my lifetime   (1950 -   ?  ).  I found this list here:   http://www.war-memorial.net/wars_all.asp   Knocked the wind out of me.

Wars since 1900

Name of War   ∨ ∧	Years   ∨ ∧	Fatalities	Memorials
Syrian civil war	2011 - 2012	18,821	[2]
Libyan Civil War	2011 - 2012	2,080	[3]
Yemen vs Al-Quaeda	2009 - 2012	3,811
Kivu Conflict	2006 - 2012	4,272
Mexican Drug War	2006 - 2012	83,000	[3]
Southern Lebanon War	2006 - 2006	1,003	[3]
Waziristan conflict	2004 - 2012	22,016
Iraqi Insurgency	2003 - 2012	23,461	[8]
Iraq vs US led coalition	2003 - 2003	8,202	[10]
Al Quaeda vs USA and allies	2001 - 2012	4,538	[12]
Afghanistan war	2001 - 2012	43,917	[5]
Civil War in Côte d Ivoire	2000 - 2005	1,471	[1]
Eritrea vs Ethiopia	1998 - 2000	98,192	[1]
Guinea Bissau Coup	1998 - 1999	1,700
Yugoslavia vs NATO Forces and UCK Guerilla	1997 - 1999	4,992	[5]
Congo Brazzaville Civil War	1997 - 1999	15,540	[1]
Nepal Civil War	1996 - 2006	12,284	[1]
First and Second Congo Wars	1996 - 2006	208,367	[1]
Russia vs Chechnyan Secessionists	1994 - 2007	20,381	[7]
North Yemen vs Secessionists	1994 - 1994	1,491
Tajikistan Govt vs Opposition	1992 - 1998	6,834
Bosnian Govt vs Serbian Insurgents	1992 - 1995	24,504	[7]
Iran vs rebel groups (MEK,PJAK etc)	1991 - 2011	3,200
Burundi Civil War	1991 - 2005	13,671	[2]
Sierra Leone Govt vs Rebels	1991 - 2002	12,034	[2]
Georgian Civil War	1991 - 1993	2,439
Croatia vs Serbian Irregulars, Rep. Krajina	1991 - 1992	1,749	[3]
Somalia Civil War	1990 - 2012	37,236	[2]
Rwanda Civil War (Hutus vs Tutsis)	1990 - 2012	527,145	[3]
Algeria Govt vs Islamic rebels, GIA, AIS, AQIM	1990 - 2005	18,348	[1]
First Gulf War	1990 - 1991	22,848	[4]
India vs Pakistan, Kashmir Dispute	1989 - 2012	24,253	[12]
Liberia Civil War	1989 - 2003	22,247	[2]
Indonesia Gvt vs Aceh Liberation movement	1989 - 2003	5,280
Nagorno-Karabakh War	1988 - 1994	4,623	[1]
South Yemen Coup	1986 - 1986	10,000
Indian Govt vs Punjab	1985 - 2000	7,247	[2]
Turkey Gov vs Kurdistan Guerilla (PPK)	1984 - 2012	33,990	[1]
Sudan Government vs Militias	1983 - 2012	68,769	[1]
Sri Lankan Govt vs Tamil Militants (LTTE)	1983 - 2009	62,313	[8]
Senegal Civil War	1982 - 2011	1,781
Iraq Government vs SCIRI	1982 - 2000	1,306
Falklands War	1982 - 1982	964	[5]
Nicaragua Govt vs Contras	1981 - 1990	30,000	[1]
Uganda Civil War	1980 - 2007	116,044	[1]
Peruvian Gvt vs Sendero Luminoso and MRTA	1980 - 1999	19,466	[1]
Iran vs Iraq	1980 - 1988	644,500	[4]
Iran vs Muhajedin e-Khalq	1979 - 2001	4,395
Cambodian Govt vs Khmer Rouge	1979 - 1998	84,950
El Salvador Gvt vs FMLN Guerrillas	1979 - 1992	55,000	[2]
Mozambique Govt vs Guerilla	1979 - 1992	115,600
Sino-Vietnamese War	1979 - 1988	48,223
Syrian Govt vs Muslim Brotherhood	1979 - 1982	2,075
Afghanistan Civil War	1978 - 2001	121,536	[3]
Rebels vs Ethiopian Government	1978 - 1991	52,398
Vietnam vs Cambodia (Kampuchea)	1978 - 1979	32,500
Nicaraguan Gvt vs Sandinistas	1978 - 1979	10,000	[1]
Uganda vs Tanzania	1978 - 1979	4,000
Iranian Revolution	1978 - 1979	1,100
Ethiopia vs Oromia rebels (OLF)	1977 - 2012	3,070	[1]
Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict	1977 - 1997	1,152
Ethiopia vs Somalia	1977 - 1978	4,000
East Timorese Guerilla vs Indonesian Govt	1976 - 1999	75,150	[1]
Ethiopia vs Somali (Ogadeni) Rebels	1976 - 1983	3,839
Angolan Gvt vs UNITA Guerilla	1975 - 2000	157,400	[1]
Iraq vs Kurdistan (KDP/PUK)	1975 - 1996	5,928	[1]
Western Sahara War	1975 - 1991	13,000	[1]
Lebanese Civil War	1975 - 1990	144,000	[7]
Argentina: Civil War and Dirty War	1975 - 1983	20,000	[2]
Ethiopia vs Eritrea	1974 - 1991	98,927
Turko Cypriot War	1974 - 1974	5,000
Balochistan Insurgency	1973 - 1977	8,600
Chilean MIlitary Coup	1973 - 1973	2,095	[2]
Yom Kippur War	1973 - 1973	6,450	[1]
Hutu Rebellion	1972 - 1972	153,000
Philippines Govt vs Mindanao Guerilla	1971 - 2008	13,639
Sri Lanka Govt vs JVP	1971 - 1990	1,902	[1]
Bangladesh War	1971 - 1971	50,000	[4]
Philippine Government vs CPP Guerrilla	1969 - 2008	25,000
Northern Ireland, The Troubles	1969 - 1994	3,149	[4]
Israel vs Egypt	1969 - 1970	5,520
Football War Honduras vs El Salvador	1969 - 1969	2,107
Rhodesian Government vs ZANU,ZAPU,PF	1967 - 1979	27,080	[3]
Chinese Cultural Revolution	1967 - 1976	2,050,000	[1]
Cambodian Civil War	1967 - 1975	246,204
Nigerian Civil War	1967 - 1970	75,000	[2]
The Six Day War	1967 - 1967	10,047	[1]
Chad Civil War	1966 - 2010	37,233
Namibia vs South Africa	1966 - 1988	10,000	[5]
Guatemalan Civil War	1965 - 1995	88,575	[2]
Indonesian annexation of West Papua	1965 - 1978	2,100
Vietnam War	1965 - 1975	2,048,050	[7]
Dominican Republic Coup	1965 - 1965	4,027
Second Kashmir War	1965 - 1965	5,000	[2]
Colombia Govt vs Guerillas Farc and ELN	1964 - 2012	47,303	[2]
Mozambique War of Independence	1964 - 1975	13,500	[2]
Sudan Government vs Insurgents	1963 - 1972	10,000
First Rwanda Civil War	1963 - 1964	1,000
Guinea Bissau War of Independence	1962 - 1974	15,000	[1]
North Yemen Civil War	1962 - 1970	10,000
Algerian Civil War	1962 - 1963	1,500	[1]
Sino-Indian War	1962 - 1962	2,105	[2]
Angolan War of Independence	1961 - 1975	79,000	[1]
Laos Civil War	1960 - 1973	21,500
First Kurdish–Iraqi War	1960 - 1970	6,600
Congo Crisis	1960 - 1965	7,150	[2]
1959 Mosul uprising in Iraq	1959 - 1959	2,000	[1]
First Lebanese War	1958 - 1958	1,400
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis	1958 - 1958	1,500
PRRI and Permesta revolts in Indonesia	1957 - 1961	27,200
Tibetan Uprising	1956 - 1959	12,000
Cuban Revolution	1956 - 1959	1,000
Sinai War	1956 - 1956	2,142	[2]
Soviet Invasion of Hungary	1956 - 1956	3,171	[2]
Vietnam Civil War	1955 - 1964	164,923
Cameroon War of Independence	1955 - 1960	11,700
Algerian War of Independece	1954 - 1962	182,526	[2]
First Taiwan Strait Crisis	1954 - 1955	2,370
Moroccan War of Independence	1953 - 1956	3,000
Indonesian Govt vs Darul islam	1953 - 1953	2,700
Kenya, Mau-Mau vs UK	1952 - 1956	17,100	[3]
Tunisian war of Independence	1952 - 1954	3,000
Bolivian Revolution	1952 - 1952	1,000
Korean War	1950 - 1953	995,000	[11]
Third Sino-Tibetan War	1950 - 1950	4,000
Israel vs Palestine	1948 - 2012	16,697	[5]
Burmese Government vs Separatist Guerillas	1948 - 2012	49,243
Burmese Govt vs Communist Guerillas	1948 - 1988	17,700
La Violencia	1948 - 1958	29,800
Malayan Civil War	1948 - 1957	9,100	[2]
Arab-Israeli War	1948 - 1949	8,000	[1]
Cheju Rebellion in South Korea	1948 - 1949	17,000	[1]
Yemeni Imamate War	1948 - 1948	5,000
Costa Rican Civil War	1948 - 1948	2,000
First Kashmir War	1947 - 1949	3,200
Madagascar Rebellion	1947 - 1948	12,200	[1]
Indian Partition Communal Violence	1947 - 1948	200,000
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine	1947 - 1948	4,009	[2]
Telangana Rebellion and Indo-Hyderabad War	1947 - 1948	5,210
Paraguayan Gvt vs Rebels	1947 - 1947	1,000
Taiwanese revolt	1947 - 1947	1,250	[1]
Philippines, Huk rebels vs Govt	1946 - 1954	11,300
First Indochina War Comm. vs France	1945 - 1954	269,500	[2]
Soviet Union vs Baltic Partisans (’’Forest Brethren’’)	1945 - 1951	32,400
Chinese Civil War	1945 - 1950	1,200,000	[1]
Ukrainian Revolts	1945 - 1947	59,700
Indonesian Independence	1945 - 1946	5,400
Greece Civil War	1944 - 1949	68,207
Franco-Thai War	1940 - 1941	1,400	[1]
World War II	1939 - 1945	50,000,000	[36]
The Winter War in Finland	1939 - 1940	151,798	[1]
The battle of Khalkhin Gol	1939 - 1939	28,000
Changkufeng Incident	1938 - 1938	1,726
Third Sino-Japanese War	1937 - 1941	1,000,000	[6]
Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine	1936 - 1939	2,576
Second British-Waziristan	1936 - 1939	10,200
Spanish Civil War	1936 - 1939	466,300	[1]
Italo-Ethiopian War	1935 - 1936	20,000
Spanish Socialists vs Govt	1934 - 1934	1,335
Saudi-Yemeni War	1934 - 1934	2,100
Chaco War	1932 - 1935	92,661
El Salvador, La Matanza	1932 - 1932	2,600
Brazilian Revolt	1932 - 1932	1,000
Aprista Revolt in Peru	1932 - 1932	1,100
Xinjiang Muslim Revolt	1931 - 1934	21,000
Manchurian War	1931 - 1933	60,000	[2]
Communists vs Koumintang	1930 - 1935	500,000
Saya San Rebellion	1930 - 1932	1,140
The Yên Bái Uprising	1930 - 1931	1,000
Ikhwan Revolt	1929 - 1930	5,500
Kuomintang vs warlords	1929 - 1930	75,000
Sino-Soviet war	1929 - 1929	3,200
Escobar Rebellion	1929 - 1929	2,000
Second Afghan Anti-Reform War	1928 - 1929	15,000
The Cristero War	1926 - 1929	10,000
Northern Expedition	1926 - 1928	126,500
Druze revolt	1925 - 1927	6,000
Afghan rebels vs govt	1924 - 1925	2,000
Honduras Coup	1924 - 1924	1,000
Soviet-Turkestan War	1921 - 1923	3,500
Moplah Riots in Kerala	1921 - 1922	2,450
Ireland freestaters vs Irregulars	1921 - 1922	4,000
Kronstadt Rebellion	1921 - 1921	2,600
Senussi Orden vs Italy	1920 - 1932	40,000
Third Rif War	1920 - 1926	70,000
Blackshirts vs Leftists	1920 - 1922	3,300
Green Rebellion	1920 - 1921	6,700
Conquest of Mongolia	1920 - 1921	4,000
Iraq vs UK	1920 - 1921	9,540
Lithuanian-Polish War	1920 - 1920	1,000
Franco-Syrian war	1920 - 1920	3,500	[1]
Nejd-Hejaz Wars	1919 - 1925	4,000
Second Greco Turkish War	1919 - 1922	50,000
Turkish War of Independence	1919 - 1921	40,000
Polish-Soviet War	1919 - 1920	100,000
First British-Waziristan War	1919 - 1920	2,000
Hungary Civil War	1919 - 1920	1,500
Sparticist Rising	1919 - 1919	2,170
Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919	1919 - 1919	11,000
Third Anglo-Afghan War	1919 - 1919	2,136
Latvian Liberation	1918 - 1920	13,246
Caco Revolt	1918 - 1920	2,102
Estonian Liberation War	1918 - 1920	11,750	[2]
Second Sino-Tibetan	1918 - 1918	1,500
Finnish Civil War	1918 - 1918	15,150	[1]
Russian Revolution and Civil War	1917 - 1922	802,225	[1]
Russia-Turkestan	1916 - 1917	1,350
World War I	1914 - 1918	10,670,868	[12]
Bandits vs Chinas Govt	1914 - 1914	5,000
2nd Balkan War	1913 - 1913	60,500
Kuomintang vs Chinese Army	1913 - 1913	5,000
Moro Rebellion	1913 - 1913	15,050
1st Balkan War	1912 - 1913	82,000	[1]
Paraguay Coups	1911 - 1912	5,000
Italo-Turkish War	1911 - 1912	20,000
First Sino-Tibetan War	1911 - 1912	2,000
Cuba vs Partido Independiente de Color	1911 - 1911	1,050
Chinese Revolution	1911 - 1911	1,000	[2]
Mexican Revolution	1910 - 1920	125,000	[1]
Asir-Yemen Revolt	1910 - 1911	9,000
French Conquest of Wadai Sultanate	1909 - 1911	12,000
The second Rif War	1909 - 1910	10,000
Iranian Constitution War	1908 - 1909	1,100
Portugese war against Dembos	1907 - 1910	5,100
Ma al-’Aynayn’s Anti-Colonial Insurgency	1907 - 1910	3,150
Korean guerilla war against Japanese occupation	1907 - 1910	17,736
Morocco unrest	1907 - 1908	1,400
Romanian Peasant Revolt	1907 - 1907	2,000
4th Central American war	1907 - 1907	1,000
Zulu Rebellion	1906 - 1906	2,356
Third Central American war	1906 - 1906	1,000
Sokoto and UK vs Mahdist Revolt	1906 - 1906	2,080
Russian Revolution 1905	1905 - 1906	1,500
Maji Maji revolt	1905 - 1906	8,840
Dutch-Achinese War	1904 - 1907	24,200
Russo-Japanese war	1904 - 1905	151,831	[1]
Southwest African Revolt	1904 - 1905	12,800	[1]
Second Yemen Rebellion	1904 - 1904	30,000
Uruguay Civil War	1904 - 1904	1,000
Ilinden Uprising	1903 - 1903	6,330
Uprisings in Colonial Angola	1902 - 1904	2,000
The Boxer Rebellion	1900 - 1900	3,003
Sino-Russian War	1900 - 1900	4,000
The Dervish State vs Ethiopia, Britain and Italy	1899 - 1920	6,000
The War of a Thousand Days	1899 - 1903	100,000
Philippine insurrection	1899 - 1902	20,500
Second Boer war	1899 - 1902	30,800

Each one of the "fatalities" above is a face of one particular person; one life living fears and loves, hopes and pet peeves.  Each of those above felt then what we feel now; they breathed the same air, felt the same sun upon their skin.    I wonder if we will ever learn?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E