Safer in Iraq than:?

Question

Four-hundred-and-six Philadelphians murdered last year, unbelievable. We've lost just over 3,000 soldiers in Iraq in nearly four years, about 600 of those were due to non-combat accidents. There were 821 deaths in Iraq, troop related deaths last year; 406 in one American city! Consider the media attention. We hear about how out of control Baghdad is. We hear about how nobody can control it, and Bush can't control it and the US military can't control it. Let's get a little proportion and let's talk about the fact that it is not safe to walk in parts of our own American cities, Democrat-run cities, liberal politicians. The contrast in Big Media coverage, especially the TV networks, is sickening. If we were to follow the way Democrats want to deal with Iraq and apply it to how we should deal with Philadelphia and other crime ridden big cities, we should do the following: Cut off all federal funding for Philadelphia, withdraw all federal agencies and FBI offices, any federal law enforcement, get them the hell out of there by 2008 so Hillary Clinton doesn't have to deal with it when she's inaugurated in January of 2009.

It sounds to me like there's a civil war going on in Philadelphia and in other major American cities, and we ought not be in the middle of it. We need, well, diplomacy. Okay, try diplomacy. Send some diplomats in there. Negotiate peace between the gangs and the citizens who are at war with them. But before anything is done, a resolution. We need a resolution from the United States Senate which forces President Bush to remove all federal presence from Philadelphia and now. He is not the decider. Senator Specter said it yesterday, he's not the sole decider. They have codeciders in the United States Senate. Senator Specter, maybe you should take your eyes off of Iraq and Baghdad and focus on your hometown.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=inDepthNews&storyID=2007-01-31T125243Z_01_N25451267_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-CRIME-PHILADELPHIA.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-inDepthNews-3

Answer 1

How many Iraqi civilians died last year? You are comparing a war zone without including civilian deaths to a city. That's pretty slimy and there is a lack of intellectualism in your question.

Answer 2

Well we have a lot more people in the cities that you cited than soldiers in Iraq but I get you message. The war made a few people rich and killed a lot of people so it is no different than any other war. Neither country is better off but it made a few very very wealthy. Don't blame Bush, blame the voters who put him in office.

Answer 3

Thank you! I am so glad to hear someone out there has some common sense. When the media gets involved with anything it gets blown so out of proportion. If just the facts were reported then that's different, but they choose what gets put on air. Most people hear just what they want to, not the truth.

Answer 4

Don't forget about 9/11 when 3,000 innocent US civilians died in one hour compared to 3,000 US soldiers dying in 4 years. I think that alone is far more catastrophic than Iraq.

Answer 5

What about the 30,000 civilians killed in Iraq last year alone??that's 94 innocent people each day.


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Answer 6

Perhaps we should have the senate slap Philadelphia with resolutions then withdraw all troops from Pennsylvania. We could then negotiate with the drug lords and law abiding residents, and if that fails, more resolutions. That is what works for the United Nations, right?

Answer 7

Shhhhhh.
Democrats & the News Media do not want to report FACTS.

(But I think you have a great question. Thank you!)

Answer 8

I said just about the same thing, but about Washington DC... They gave me a thumbs down.

BOO HOO!

Answer 9

Well said!