Sobering Statistic
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 US. should pull out of Washington