How many non-combatants were killed during May, 2010 to maintain the U.S. "empire"?

[plenum222]

My disgust guesses 20-30 non-combatants per day - which would make less than a thousand people per day. Where would a statistic like this exist?
Wake up, folks. I can’t pardon the ignorance -as if I should really need to do this.

For those who doubt the “American Empire”:
OpEd piece (quoting ex-Prez Bush using effectively the concept) :

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/magazine/the-american-empire-the-burden.html
… and a quote from the article – “If Americans have an empire, they have acquired it in a state of deep denial.”

A movie! Reviewed in the NYT!:

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE4DA1F3BF934A1575AC0A960948260

A book!:

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-American-Empire-Corruption/dp/052595015X

There have been other normal YahooQ/A dealing with the American Empire:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Av.E2ndLMEMYc5b_oePb6NAjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090131094101AAbplQq

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Agw22PzbPEp7S1d9hFOP6TIjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090210135224AAOO4G9

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqAhEX6wcCdSVmUY9tBIWbAjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20081217111243AAMjUvL

So...

 

[fatboysdaddy]

This country is not an empire like you seem to want to believe so the number is not one!