Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in
Iraq, here is a sobering statistic:
There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre
of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,867 deaths.
That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons
for the same period.
That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in
the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington
11.06.2007
Death Rate in Iraq
Here's a bit of irony that a friend just sent me...
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Wow, is that sad. By the way, you might be interested in the Wounded Warriors Project. It's a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness for U.S. troops severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. It really puts a face on the cost of this conflict. Here's a link:
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/aarwebshow
Jeff
Thanks for the link, Jeff. I'll be sure to share it with more folks.
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