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Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in Iraq, here's 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.
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- OrionLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Not just DC - Judging by the crime statistics, government graft, and the like, the US should pull out of several areas where we clearly are not wanted by the natives...
New Orleans
New York
San Francisco
....They should be declared 'Free Cities' - open to anyone, and free from the evil influences of the United States Government.
Orion
- 1 decade ago
LOL.... My husband tells me that is it safer in Iraq then in many of the large cities in the US. I believe him somewhat, I mean you have to deal with nasty sand, and you don't get really good showers, and the internet sucks. If you look at it from a purely statistical view point, yes the rate of death in both Afghanistan and Iraq are no different than if they were in major metropolitan cities. makes you wonder why the US is going wrong.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Although I think that the conclusion here is humorous, it is false. The population of Washington D.C. in 2004 was 554,239 there were 198 murders that year. In 2005 the population was 550,521 there was 195 murders in D.C. that year. That is really 2.97 violent deaths per 100,000 population per month.
In Iraq it is 149.3 per 100,000 soldiers per month.
I am afraid that the math really doesn't hold up.
- crct2004Lv 61 decade ago
Well one problem with your theory is that the HUGE number of wounded in Iraq get fast medical treatment that may save their lives, but leaves them disabled. There are not medics on every street corner in DC, as there are medics that travel with the troops.
But you do make an interesting point, I have driven through certain parts of DC and felt very afraid.
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- DonLv 61 decade ago
Do your "firearm" statistics include road side bombs? Yes, overall I agree with our statement, however: It is a much more different thing, when you are the one in the combat zone. It is truly nerve racking.
Source(s): Combat Vet - Anonymous1 decade ago
How about this one: To compare the number of people who die every day from complications of tobacco use, the same number of people would have to die in the crash of two fully loaded Boeing 747's going down in the continental United States EVERY DAY!
- knight2001usLv 61 decade ago
Dude, I've known that for decades; I got mugged in D.C. once in the early '90s...
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
Yes, I do agree. Very interesting point.
We should all support our troops no matter what. If they are over there we may as well support them, right?
Source(s): U.S. Army vet - Anonymous1 decade ago
But lets leave the congressmen there for target practice.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Love it.
