Is it more safe to fight in a war in Iraq than drive in Illinois?

Question

"In 2005, there were 1,355 traffic deaths on Illinois roadways, the lowest in more than 60 years."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois

There are also traffic injuries, that I did not show, that is why I didn't mention war injuries.

You guys at the bottom are forgetting that people are trying to kill the soldiers in Iraq, where as they are not on the highway.

our death toll in the war SINCE WE HAVE BEEN THERE is around 2500. If you are going to do a percentage, do it by number of soldiers that are there each year, and divide by 3 for each year we have been there.

My point should be obvious to the liberals who keep screaming out the death toll.

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I THOUGHT my point would be obvious to some of you liberals, but I guess I am wrong.

It seems that every liberal screams out the number of casualties in this WAR every chance they get, as they think it somehow proves the war is wrong.

It seems that the ones who scream the death numbers, are just doing it for shock value. If they were really concerned with the number of casualties, they would be screaming about other ways people are dying.

Answer 1

1335 deaths is a .01% fatality rate. There have been roughly 2,500 deaths in Iraq among 133,000 troops, coming to a 1.8% fatality rate, 18,000% higher.

Edit: Even if you assume that all 130,000 troops are recycled every year, the fatality rate is still 0.64%, 6,400% higher than the traffic fatality rate.

Answer 2

The bodies of two U.S. soldiers found in Iraq Monday night were mutilated and booby-trapped, military sources said Tuesday.

Not only were the bodies booby-trapped, but homemade bombs also lined the road leading to the victims, an apparent effort to complicate recovery efforts and target recovery teams,

It took troops 12 hours to clear the area of roadside bombs. One of the bombs exploded, but there were no injuries.

2502 Dead
18490 wounded
3 US soldiers missing
72 jounalists killed
337 Contractors killed of 215 are Americans
226 Coalition troops killed
1780 Coalition troop wounded
250,000 Iraqi CIVILIANS KILLED

I kinda think its more safer to drive in Illinois
than to fight in Iraq...don't you?

Your a IDIOT!
(Thank god the CORRUPT Repuglicans
have you and not the liberals!!!)

Answer 3

James F just stated what I state every time I see these types of questions... your comparing one item that has millions of people doing it, to an item with 100,000 people doing it... only a Republican would make or believe that kind of comparison... they have no concern for the facts or what they mean...

So you're point is... "stop crying.. it's only a few soldiers and who cares about U.S. soldiers as long as only a few die"?

I think I missed your point somewhere in there?

Answer 4

Why not do an experiment? Drive around Bagdad for a day and then drive around Chicago for a day and give us the results. I served in Vietnam. Combat is a hell of a lot more dangerous than driving on our nation's highways and bi-ways. Your question tells me you have never been shot at in combat or held a wounded buddy in your arms in the thick of battle. This kind of self-serving simple-minded thinking does little towards enhancing public discourse.

Answer 5

No, because you forget that there are not only Killed In Action casualties, but wounded in action too, about 18,550. These include limbs blown off, severed spinal cords, explosion wounds, and post-traumatic shock syndrome. A 20 year old soldier whose spine was severed by a bullet lives in my county.

He lives in the basement, a quadriplegic who will never walk or use his arms again.

Answer 6

I used to live in Chicago, and it's probably safer in Iraq.
People there drive like bats our of hell. But most of them are very good drivers. I had to really improve my driving skills in a hurry, especially defensive driving. The sad thing is that there are a lot of illegal folks who get fake licenses and drive terrible. Within weeks, both my car and my wife's car got dented while being parked.

Answer 7

With your calculations, yes. However, James F took into account all of the factors, not just the few that would support his argument. By those standards, it is NOT safer to fight the war in Iraq.

Answer 8

That is a moronic question. Who are you kidding? Why don't you post this question on a military discussion site and see what they think. You obviously have no friends or relatives in Iraq or Afghanistan right now. What a horrible comparison. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Answer 9

1,355 deaths for what, 12,000,000 people? and how many soldiers are in Iraq? 130,000 You can't compare these things. I will do it for you. 1,355 divided by 12,000,000 is 0.01 deaths per 1 person. 2500 divided by 130,000 is 1.8. That means that it is 18 times more dangerous in the war.

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http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qYz8IM8wf6cDPVKdRzVKExsCkGqv?p=43

Answer 10

Since you are facing a greater risk here, I suppose that makes you more courageous than the soldiers?