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 operation during the last 22 months, and a total of over 3,000 deaths.
That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80 per 100,000 persons for the same period.
That means you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol than you are in Iraq.
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington.
There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq operation during the last 22 months, and a total of over 3,000 deaths.
That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80 per 100,000 persons for the same period.
That means you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol than you are in Iraq.
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington.